A3123 crash in North Devon on 19 August 2011 at 14:45 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and two Honda motorcycles were involved in a crash on the A3123 in North Devon at 14:45 on Friday 19 August 2011. The 66-year-old female rider of vehicle 2 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
- 19 Aug 2011
- Friday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17491, longitude -4.07243, in the EX34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150CI2D004
- Council area
- North 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
- 3123
- 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
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 271 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 June 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B3343 in North Devon, 23 June 1986
271 m awayRef 198650C310603
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3343 in North Devon, 30 January 1991
271 m awayRef 199150C310103
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A3123 in North Devon, 13 June 2007
302 m awayRef 200750C31G609
Slight
Volkswagen Lupo crash on the A3123 in North Devon, 31 May 2024
373 m awayRef 2024501450384
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3123 in North Devon, 11 June 2007
404 m awayRef 200750C31G712
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A3123 in North Devon, 21 January 1997
438 m awayRef 199750C310201
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Honda
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 249 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 30 years
Vehicle 3: Honda
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 32 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 66, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda)
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 201150CI2D004 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 2011.