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A30 crash in East Devon on 17 December 2008 at 14:42 involving a Yamaha YN 50 Neos motorcycle

A Yamaha YN 50 Neos motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A30 in East Devon at 14:42 on Wednesday 17 December 2008. The 16-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YN 50 Neos motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 2008
Wednesday, 14:42
Vehicles
2
Yamaha YN 50 Neos and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73354, longitude -3.43642, in the EX5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cranbrook. It is one of the crashes that make up the Broadclyst, East Devon, EX5 2LX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200850KO2Y007
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
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, 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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha YN 50 Neos

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha YN 50 Neos)

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 200850KO2Y007 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 2008.