Skip to main content
CrashStats

A39 crash in North Devon on 5 October 1986 at 17:00 involving a minibus

A minibus and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A39 in North Devon at 17:00 on Sunday 5 October 1986. The 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Oct 1986
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Minibus and motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05451, longitude -4.17842, in the EX39 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198650C411072
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
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
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Minibus

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (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 198650C411072 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.