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A377 crash in Mid Devon on 24 September 2011 at 17:36 involving a Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle

A Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle and an Austin Mini were involved in a crash on the A377 in Mid Devon at 17:36 on Saturday 24 September 2011. The 54-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 1300 motorcycle and the 25-year-old female driver of the Austin Mini were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Sep 2011
Saturday, 17:36
Vehicles
2
Suzuki GSX 1300 and Austin Mini
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79033, longitude -3.65754, in the EX17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crediton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crediton Lawrence, Mid Devon, EX17 3AW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201150KC2W007
Council area
Mid 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
377
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki GSX 1300

    Motorcycle over 500cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    22 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki GSX 1300)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Mini)

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 201150KC2W007 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 2011.