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Fatal A379 crash in Exeter on 1 July 1994 at 03:10 involving a BSA motorcycle

A BSA motorcycle crashed on the A379 in Exeter at 03:10 on Friday 1 July 1994. The 58-year-old male rider was killed.

It happened after dark in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
1 Jul 1994
Friday, 03:10
Vehicles
1
BSA
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69411, longitude -3.50227, in the EX2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Exeter

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199450D211613
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2002.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BSA

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    250 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 58, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (BSA)

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 199450D211613 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Exeter road accident statistics for 1994.