A3015 crash in Exeter on 23 May 2000 at 16:38 involving a Yamaha XVS 650 motorcycle
A Yamaha XVS 650 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Movano were involved in a crash on the A3015 in Exeter at 16:38 on Tuesday 23 May 2000. The 40-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XVS 650 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2000
- Tuesday, 16:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha XVS 650 and Vauxhall Movano
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71634, longitude -3.48165, in the EX2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200050D212549
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3015
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2003.
Slight
Rover 25 crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 21 October 2003
42 m awayRef 200350D21M789
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 1 July 2009
86 m awayRef 200950DE2P007
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A3015 in Exeter, 29 May 2009
94 m awayRef 200950DE2P006
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A3015 in Exeter, 1 October 2021
97 m awayRef 2021501099588
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the A3015 in Exeter, 7 July 2018
98 m awayRef 2018500312061
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A379 in Exeter, 9 October 2002
98 m awayRef 200250D216350
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha XVS 650
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 649 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Movano
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 40, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XVS 650)
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 200050D212549 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 2000.