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Unclassified road crash in Exeter EX4 on 5 March 2007 at 20:30 involving a Ford Focus

A Ford Focus and a Honda CBR125R motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Exeter at 20:30 on Monday 5 March 2007. The 19-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Mar 2007
Monday, 20:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Focus and Honda CBR125R
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72548, longitude -3.53337, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the St David's, Exeter, EX1 1GH area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200750D21C378
Council area
Exeter
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 March 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda CBR125R

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR125R)

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 200750D21C378 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 2007.