B3261 crash in East Devon on 23 June 2016 at 16:00 involving a Piaggio Zip motorcycle
A Piaggio Zip motorcycle and a Chevrolet Captiva were involved in a crash on the B3261 in East Devon at 16:00 on Thursday 23 June 2016. The 22-year-old male rider of the Piaggio Zip motorcycle 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
- 23 Jun 2016
- Thursday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio Zip and Chevrolet Captiva
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77983, longitude -2.99089, in the EX13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Axminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Axminster, East Devon, EX13 5AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500084155
- Council area
- East 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
- 3261
- 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
- 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, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 May 2019.
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the B3261 in East Devon, 14 May 2019
17 m awayRef 2019500846718
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3261 in East Devon, 24 August 2021
42 m awayRef 2021501134267
Slight
Car crash on a C road in East Devon, 19 April 1985
50 m awayRef 198550D360652
Slight
Car crash on the A35 in East Devon, 27 August 1985
55 m awayRef 198550D361642
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3261 in East Devon, 2 May 1995
63 m awayRef 199550D361026
Slight
Audi 80 crash on the A35 in East Devon, 2 October 1999
63 m awayRef 199950D365763
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio Zip
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Captiva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,231 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio Zip)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2016500084155 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 2016.