Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX1 on 8 July 1999 at 16:00 involving a Volvo 740
A motorcycle and a Volvo 740 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 16:00 on Thursday 8 July 1999. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 1999
- Thursday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Volvo 740
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72004, longitude -3.52979, in the EX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199950D213813
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- One way street or slip road
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo 740
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,316 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 199950D213813 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Exeter road accident statistics for 1999.