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Serious A386 crash in West Devon on 23 August 1990 at 18:25 involving a Honda MT50S motorcycle

A car, a Honda MT50S motorcycle and a BMW 5 Series were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 18:25 on Thursday 23 August 1990. The 16-year-old male rider of the Honda MT50S motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Aug 1990
Thursday, 18:25
Vehicles
3
Honda MT50S and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54783, longitude -4.14778, in the PL19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tavistock.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050E611734
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
386
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2010.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda MT50S

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 3: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    1,990 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda MT50S)

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 199050E611734 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 1990.