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Serious unclassified road crash in the South Hams PL7 on 26 March 2008 at 16:00 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 16:00 on Wednesday 26 March 2008. A 41-year-old female passenger was seriously injured and the 42-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
Serious
Date
26 Mar 2008
Wednesday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38052, longitude -4.00369, in the PL7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newton & Yealmpton, South Hams, PL7 5AU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200850E51C798
Council area
South Hams
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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    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
    598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 200850E51C798 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 2008.