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Fatal B3357 crash in West Devon on 31 December 1996 at 20:00 involving a Honda CD125TC motorcycle

A Honda CD125TC motorcycle and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the B3357 in West Devon at 20:00 on Tuesday 31 December 1996. The 18-year-old male rider of the Honda CD125TC motorcycle was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
31 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 20:00
Vehicles
2
Honda CD125TC and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.55847, longitude -4.05126, in the PL20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650E613208
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3357
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda CD125TC

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Fatal

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Honda CD125TC)

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 199650E613208 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.