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Fatal B3233 crash in North Devon on 21 December 1995 at 01:18 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the B3233 in North Devon at 01:18 on Thursday 21 December 1995. The 37-year-old female rider was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Dec 1995
Thursday, 01:18
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07429, longitude -4.06472, in the EX31 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550C211696
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3233
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 November 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Female, aged 37, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

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 199550C211696 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 1995.