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C road crash in East Devon EX8 on 1 October 1997 at 21:10 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on a C road in East Devon at 21:10 on Wednesday 1 October 1997. The male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Oct 1997
Wednesday, 21:10
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Kawasaki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.61829, longitude -3.41631, in the EX8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exmouth.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750D313607
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 9 July 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,392 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,052 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)

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 199750D313607 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 1997.