Serious A377 crash in Torridge on 30 June 1995 at 07:40 involving a Suzuki motorcycle
A Suzuki motorcycle and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A377 in Torridge at 07:40 on Friday 30 June 1995. The 30-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 Jun 1995
- Friday, 07:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97922, longitude -3.97673, in the EX37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199550C430825
- Council area
- Torridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 377
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 226 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 28 December 1996.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A377 in North Devon, 28 December 1996
226 m awayRef 199650C244164
Serious
Car crash on the A377 in North Devon, 25 April 1979
233 m awayRef 197950H560138
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A377 in Torridge, 8 October 2014
234 m awayRef 201450CT2T003
Slight
Renault 21 crash on the A377 in North Devon, 1 June 1992
273 m awayRef 199250C240473
Serious
Lorry crash on the A377 in North Devon, 5 August 1980
381 m awayRef 198050H570344
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A377 in Torridge, 5 July 1994
439 m awayRef 199450C430777
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki
Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 30, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)
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 199550C430825 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 1995.