Unclassified road crash in Mid Devon EX17 on 13 February 2001 at 19:50 involving a Citroen AX
A Citroen AX and an Aprilia motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon at 19:50 on Tuesday 13 February 2001. The 17-year-old male rider of the Aprilia motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Feb 2001
- Tuesday, 19:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen AX and Aprilia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78956, longitude -3.6484, in the EX17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crediton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crediton Lawrence, Mid Devon, EX17 3AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150D431026
- Council area
- Mid 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
- Crossroads
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 1980.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3072 in Mid Devon, 24 May 1980
14 m awayRef 198050J920495
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A3072 in Mid Devon, 9 July 1996
14 m awayRef 199650D432127
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A3072 in Mid Devon, 20 January 1998
14 m awayRef 199850D430333
Serious
Citroen C1 crash on the A3072 in Mid Devon, 12 July 2021
28 m awayRef 2021501070411
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon, 24 January 2009
32 m awayRef 200950KC2M002
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon, 3 January 2019
38 m awayRef 2019500810792
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen AX
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Aprilia
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Aprilia)
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 200150D431026 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 2001.