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A396 crash in Mid Devon on 27 October 1998 at 17:30 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the A396 in Mid Devon at 17:30 on Tuesday 27 October 1998. The 34-year-old female rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Oct 1998
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
1
Suzuki
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90466, longitude -3.49311, in the EX16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tiverton.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850D416604
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
396
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, 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 199850D416604 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 1998.