Unclassified road crash in East Devon EX12 on 8 October 2001 at 17:55 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in East Devon at 17:55 on Monday 8 October 2001. The 17-year-old female rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Oct 2001
- Monday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70428, longitude -3.06193, in the EX12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seaton, East Devon, EX12 2AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150D346243
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the B3172 in East Devon, 19 March 1983
10 m awayRef 198350D340477
Serious
Car crash on the B3172 in East Devon, 24 December 1989
10 m awayRef 198950D342298
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the B3172 in East Devon, 14 October 2019
13 m awayRef 2019500891509
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 17 August 2005
14 m awayRef 200550D34K633
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B3172 in East Devon, 30 October 1985
20 m awayRef 198550D342121
Slight
Bicycle crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 4 November 2019
22 m awayRef 2019500904306
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), 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 200150D346243 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 2001.