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A375 crash in East Devon on 16 October 1985 at 19:00 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A375 in East Devon at 19:00 on Wednesday 16 October 1985. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 1985
Wednesday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Motorcycle and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79905, longitude -3.19132, in the EX14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Honiton.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550D351985
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
375
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), 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 198550D351985 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.