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C road crash in East Devon EX8 on 6 February 1990 at 08:45 involving a Honda MTX125RW motorcycle

A Honda MTX125RW motorcycle and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on a C road in East Devon at 08:45 on Tuesday 6 February 1990. A 6-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Honda MTX125RW motorcycle and a 40-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Honda MTX125RW motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Feb 1990
Tuesday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Honda MTX125RW and Ford Cortina
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.6293, longitude -3.39826, in the EX8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exmouth.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050D310251
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda MTX125RW

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda MTX125RW)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda MTX125RW)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199050D310251 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.