B3196 crash in the South Hams on 15 May 2016 at 16:38 involving a Triumph Speed Master 865 motorcycle
A Triumph Speed Master 865 motorcycle and a Toyota IQ were involved in a crash on the B3196 in the South Hams at 16:38 on Sunday 15 May 2016. The 53-year-old male rider of the Triumph Speed Master 865 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2016
- Sunday, 16:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Triumph Speed Master 865 and Toyota IQ
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35244, longitude -3.8089, in the TQ7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500084040
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3196
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 174 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3196 in the South Hams, 20 July 2014
174 m awayRef 201450JK2J003
Slight
Subaru 282 crash on a C road in the South Hams, 30 January 1992
185 m awayRef 199250F550141
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on a C road in the South Hams, 13 February 1994
261 m awayRef 199450F550350
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 15 December 1984
340 m awayRef 198450F552653
Slight
Mazda 323 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 31 October 2004
351 m awayRef 200450F55P574
Slight
Kawasaki crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 6 October 1999
354 m awayRef 199950F552399
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Speed Master 865
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 865 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota IQ
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 53, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Speed Master 865)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
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 2016500084040 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Hams road accident statistics for 2016.