Serious B3227 crash in North Devon on 24 November 2014 at 07:32 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A motorcycle and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the B3227 in North Devon at 07:32 on Monday 24 November 2014. The 19-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 Nov 2014
- Monday, 07:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98312, longitude -4.03483, in the EX37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201450CS2H009
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3227
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Frost or ice
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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 January 2012.
Slight
Suzuki Vitara crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 7 January 2012
30 m awayRef 201250CS2H001
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 2 July 2003
34 m awayRef 200350C43L769
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 2 September 2011
37 m awayRef 201150CS2H003
Slight
Ford Cortina crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 16 August 1991
69 m awayRef 199150C240762
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 15 December 2003
100 m awayRef 200350C43Q534
Slight
Citroen DS3 crash on the B3227 in Torridge, 27 November 2020
136 m awayRef 2020501015361
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 201450CS2H009 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 2014.