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Serious B3210 crash in the South Hams on 4 December 1992 at 20:20 involving a Kawasaki KL600 motorcycle

A Kawasaki KL600 motorcycle and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the B3210 in the South Hams at 20:20 on Friday 4 December 1992. The 21-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki KL600 motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Dec 1992
Friday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Kawasaki KL600 and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43102, longitude -3.70007, in the TQ9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Totnes.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199250F512190
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3210
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki KL600

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki KL600)

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 199250F512190 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Hams road accident statistics for 1992.