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C road crash in East Devon EX5 on 2 March 1990 at 21:25 involving a Kawasaki AR50 motorcycle

A Kawasaki AR50 motorcycle crashed on a C road in East Devon at 21:25 on Friday 2 March 1990. The 16-year-old male rider and a 16-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Mar 1990
Friday, 21:25
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki AR50
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78278, longitude -3.56384, in the EX5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050D210427
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 116 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki AR50

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    48 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki AR50)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki AR50)

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 199050D210427 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 1990.