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B3213 crash in the South Hams on 16 August 1995 at 07:50 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle and a Volvo 240 were involved in a crash on the B3213 in the South Hams at 07:50 on Wednesday 16 August 1995. The 31-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 1995
Wednesday, 07:50
Vehicles
2
Suzuki and Volvo 240
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39676, longitude -3.87542, in the PL21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550F521579
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3213
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, 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 199550F521579 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Hams road accident statistics for 1995.