A3052 crash in East Devon on 28 August 2007 at 15:35 involving a Scania lorry
A Scania lorry and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3052 in East Devon at 15:35 on Tuesday 28 August 2007. The 25-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Aug 2007
- Tuesday, 15:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Scania and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70462, longitude -3.38894, in the EX5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200750D31K322
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3052
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 55 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 January 2012.
Serious
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 4 January 2012
55 m awayRef 201250KE3O001
Serious
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 11 September 1989
63 m awayRef 198950D211529
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A3052 in Exeter, 1 July 2006
92 m awayRef 200650D21H825
Slight
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 11 November 1987
133 m awayRef 198750D211851
Slight
Kawasaki ZX600 crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 10 July 2001
136 m awayRef 200150D214145
Slight
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 27 May 1996
143 m awayRef 199650D211521
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Scania
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,970 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (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 200750D31K322 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 2007.