Unclassified road crash in Torridge EX39 on 29 April 2008 at 14:35 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Yamaha Jog R motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torridge at 14:35 on Tuesday 29 April 2008. The 18-year-old female rider of the Yamaha Jog R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Apr 2008
- Tuesday, 14:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Yamaha Jog R
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.021, longitude -4.207, in the EX39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bideford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bideford North, Torridge, EX39 2AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200850CD3D002
- Council area
- Torridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- 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
- Raining, no 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2017.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A386 in North Devon, 20 January 2017
4 m awayRef 2017500150819
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A386 in Torridge, 3 December 2012
6 m awayRef 201250CD3D024
Serious
Subaru Impreza crash on the A386 in Torridge, 15 December 2018
11 m awayRef 2018500808501
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in Torridge, 25 July 2024
12 m awayRef 2024501472503
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A386 in Torridge, 2 May 2015
14 m awayRef 201550CD3D008
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3235 in Torridge, 12 August 1993
14 m awayRef 199350C410953
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Yamaha Jog R
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 18, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha Jog R)
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 200850CD3D002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 2008.