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B3138 crash in North Devon on 21 December 1993 at 17:00 involving a Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter

A Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter and a Talbot Solara were involved in a crash on the B3138 in North Devon at 17:00 on Tuesday 21 December 1993. A 20-year-old female passenger on the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter and the 21-year-old male rider of the Vespa (Douglas) motor scooter were slightly 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
Slight
Date
21 Dec 1993
Tuesday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Vespa (Douglas) and Talbot Solara
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07256, longitude -4.04537, in the EX32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnstaple.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199350C211641
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3138
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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vespa (Douglas)

    Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    197 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Talbot Solara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Vespa (Douglas))

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Vespa (Douglas))

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 199350C211641 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1993.