A3126 crash in Mid Devon on 30 April 2015 at 16:50 involving a Suzuki Vitara
A Suzuki Vitara and a Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3126 in Mid Devon at 16:50 on Thursday 30 April 2015. The 65-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSF 600 motorcycle was 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
- 30 Apr 2015
- Thursday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Vitara and Suzuki GSF 600
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91061, longitude -3.48936, in the EX16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tiverton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tiverton Castle, Mid Devon, EX16 6NL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550KT3C003
- 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
- 3126
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2015.
Slight
Nissan Pathfinder crash on the A396 in Mid Devon, 30 September 2015
3 m awayRef 201550KT3C011
Serious
Car crash on the A396 in Mid Devon, 16 June 1983
9 m awayRef 198350D411078
Slight
Car crash on the A396 in Mid Devon, 10 November 1979
14 m awayRef 197950L900819
Slight
Volvo XC90 crash on the A3126 in Mid Devon, 1 February 2020
14 m awayRef 2020500940377
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon, 8 February 2017
22 m awayRef 2017500162594
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A396 in Mid Devon, 12 March 1982
25 m awayRef 198250D410400
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Vitara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSF 600
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 65, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSF 600)
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 201550KT3C003 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 2015.