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A399 crash in North Devon on 3 August 1994 at 12:30 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A399 in North Devon at 12:30 on Wednesday 3 August 1994. The 16-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Aug 1994
Wednesday, 12:30
Vehicles
2
Leyland and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12864, longitude -3.91493, in the EX32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199450C210904
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
399
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 May 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    6,538 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199450C210904 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 1994.