B3227 crash in North Devon on 6 May 1986 at 17:45 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B3227 in North Devon at 17:45 on Tuesday 6 May 1986. The 16-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 1986
- Tuesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01501, longitude -3.89014, in the EX36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198650C240382
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3227
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 2006.
Slight
Honda Prelude crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 10 May 2006
10 m awayRef 200650C24F577
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 9 November 1984
10 m awayRef 198450C240546
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 16 November 2006
98 m awayRef 200650C24O560
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 31 August 1994
114 m awayRef 199450C241044
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 18 December 2003
117 m awayRef 200350C21R643
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 20 March 1991
125 m awayRef 199150C240237
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, 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 198650C240382 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1986.