A379 crash in the South Hams on 21 April 2007 at 15:40 involving an Aprilia motorcycle
An Aprilia motorcycle crashed on the A379 in the South Hams at 15:40 on Saturday 21 April 2007. The 18-year-old male rider was 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
- 21 Apr 2007
- Saturday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 1
- Aprilia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34709, longitude -3.88899, in the PL21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200750E53E401
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 379
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 April 2007.
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 23 April 2007
30 m awayRef 200750F55E424
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 16 August 2002
70 m awayRef 200250F555144
Slight
Honda CBF 125 crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 17 October 2024
84 m awayRef 2024501504964
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 28 March 1999
91 m awayRef 199950F551747
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 3 April 1980
100 m awayRef 198050G480245
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 3 June 1984
100 m awayRef 198450F550941
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (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 200750E53E401 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Hams road accident statistics for 2007.