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A390 crash in West Devon on 20 January 1996 at 12:00 involving a Peugeot 305 van

A Peugeot 305 van and a Harley-Davidson motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A390 in West Devon at 12:00 on Saturday 20 January 1996. The 47-year-old male rider of the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, the 77-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 305 van and a 43-year-old female passenger on the Harley-Davidson motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jan 1996
Saturday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 305 and Harley-Davidson
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.53439, longitude -4.19275, in the PL19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650E610185
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
390
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
B
Second road number
3257

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 15 October 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 305

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Harley-Davidson

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,340 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 47, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 77, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 305)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 43, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Harley-Davidson)

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 199650E610185 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 1996.