A377 crash in North Devon on 26 June 1990 at 23:25 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the A377 in North Devon at 23:25 on Tuesday 26 June 1990. The 21-year-old male rider and a 20-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jun 1990
- Tuesday, 23:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00431, longitude -4.01386, in the EX37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199050C240657
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 377
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 78 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 April 2024.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A377 in North Devon, 18 April 2024
78 m awayRef 2024501434137
Slight
Yamaha Ybr 125 crash on the A377 in North Devon, 21 October 2009
91 m awayRef 200950CS2H006
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in North Devon, 28 July 1989
100 m awayRef 198950C240796
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A377 in North Devon, 13 April 1982
102 m awayRef 198250C240122
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A377 in North Devon, 31 May 2003
121 m awayRef 200350C21E659
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A377 in North Devon, 10 January 1990
141 m awayRef 199050C240030
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Road works
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 673 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 199050C240657 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 1990.