Serious A377 crash in Exeter on 10 April 1987 at 17:30 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle, a car and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A377 in Exeter at 17:30 on Friday 10 April 1987. The 17-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Apr 1987
- Friday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Motorcycle and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73636, longitude -3.5443, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198750D210502
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 377
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 22 November 2008.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 22 November 2008
10 m awayRef 200850DE2B011
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A377 in Exeter, 24 May 1986
10 m awayRef 198650D210977
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A377 in Exeter, 14 October 1996
14 m awayRef 199650D213144
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3183 in Exeter, 6 December 1997
14 m awayRef 199750D214513
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A377 in Exeter, 20 July 1999
14 m awayRef 199950D214119
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in Exeter, 16 February 1987
20 m awayRef 198750D210201
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
Vehicle 3: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 17, 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 198750D210502 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 1987.