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Fatal A386 crash in West Devon on 15 September 1990 at 06:00 involving a Honda H100A motorcycle

A Honda H100A motorcycle crashed on the A386 in West Devon at 06:00 on Saturday 15 September 1990. The 17-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
15 Sep 1990
Saturday, 06:00
Vehicles
1
Honda H100A
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.50581, longitude -4.09933, in the PL20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horrabridge.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050E612057
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
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a fatal crash on 8 August 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda H100A

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    99 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda H100A)

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 199050E612057 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.