A381 crash in Teignbridge on 18 July 2008 at 15:12 involving an Aprilia RS 125 motorcycle
An Aprilia RS 125 motorcycle and an MG MGF were involved in a crash on the A381 in Teignbridge at 15:12 on Friday 18 July 2008. The 20-year-old male rider of the Aprilia RS 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 2008
- Friday, 15:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Aprilia RS 125 and MG MGF
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.5499, longitude -3.5487, in the TQ14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bishopsteignton, Teignbridge, TQ14 9PR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200850JG3J005
- Council area
- Teignbridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 381
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 May 2008.
Serious
Car crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 16 May 2008
10 m awayRef 200850JG3J003
Serious
Car crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 19 April 2016
11 m awayRef 201650JG3J003
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 29 October 1999
14 m awayRef 199950F426259
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 17 December 1999
20 m awayRef 199950F427369
Serious
Morris Ital crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 1 June 1996
20 m awayRef 199650F421031
Serious
Car crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 27 February 2009
22 m awayRef 200950JG3J003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Aprilia RS 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: MG MGF
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Aprilia RS 125)
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 200850JG3J005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Teignbridge road accident statistics for 2008.