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Serious unclassified road crash in East Devon EX14 on 16 September 2001 at 13:48 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle and a Peugeot 406 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Devon at 13:48 on Sunday 16 September 2001. The 31-year-old male rider of the Yamaha motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
16 Sep 2001
Sunday, 13:48
Vehicles
2
Yamaha and Peugeot 406
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85245, longitude -3.2048, in the EX14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200150D355740
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, 114 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 July 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 200150D355740 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.