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Serious A35 crash in East Devon on 17 June 1985 at 16:20 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A35 in East Devon at 16:20 on Monday 17 June 1985. The 16-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jun 1985
Monday, 16:20
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80537, longitude -3.18027, in the EX14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550D351089
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
35
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 July 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 198550D351089 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 1985.