Fatal B3212 crash in Exeter on 7 April 1986 at 22:00 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a lorry were involved in a crash on the B3212 in Exeter at 22:00 on Monday 7 April 1986. The 20-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was killed.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 7 Apr 1986
- Monday, 22:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73165, longitude -3.49866, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198650D210562
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3212
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 7 April 1986.
Fatal
Lorry crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 7 April 1986
At the same spotRef 198650D210585
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 10 August 1981
10 m awayRef 198150J660775
Slight
Volkswagen Sharan crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 27 November 2025
12 m awayRef 2025501675421
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 23 November 2003
22 m awayRef 200350D21O191
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 18 October 1984
22 m awayRef 198450D211878
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 17 November 1997
22 m awayRef 199750D214179
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
FatalMale, aged 20, 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 198650D210562 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Exeter road accident statistics for 1986.