Unclassified road crash in Teignbridge TQ12 on 15 June 2001 at 16:40 involving a Volvo 240
A motorcycle and a Volvo 240 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge at 16:40 on Friday 15 June 2001. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2001
- Friday, 16:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Volvo 240
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.57412, longitude -3.60641, in the TQ12 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150F413608
- Council area
- Teignbridge
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 143 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 1989.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 8 January 1989
143 m awayRef 198950F410074
Serious
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 22 February 2003
187 m awayRef 200350F41B700
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3193 in Teignbridge, 10 October 2023
287 m awayRef 2023501361611
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B3193 in Teignbridge, 20 February 2024
291 m awayRef 2024501412085
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 16 December 1997
355 m awayRef 199750F412788
Serious
Honda GLR 125 crash on the B3193 in Teignbridge, 11 October 2021
388 m awayRef 2021501156568
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo 240
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, 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 200150F413608 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Teignbridge road accident statistics for 2001.