A396 crash in Mid Devon on 22 August 2016 at 12:11 involving a Lexmoto Venom 125 motorcycle
A Lexmoto Venom 125 motorcycle and a John Deere agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the A396 in Mid Devon at 12:11 on Monday 22 August 2016. The 48-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto Venom 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2016
- Monday, 12:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lexmoto Venom 125 and John Deere
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8877, longitude -3.49551, in the EX16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500123640
- 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
- 396
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 January 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon, 8 January 2006
5 m awayRef 200650D41A236
Serious
Car crash on the A396 in Mid Devon, 26 August 1982
8 m awayRef 198250D411496
Slight
Car crash on the A396 in Mid Devon, 2 November 2005
9 m awayRef 200550D41O247
Slight
Car crash on the A396 in Mid Devon, 27 November 1989
25 m awayRef 198950D412094
Slight
Car crash on the A396 in Mid Devon, 24 March 1986
27 m awayRef 198650D410485
Slight
Morris Mini crash on the A396 in Mid Devon, 1 October 1990
74 m awayRef 199050D411884
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lexmoto Venom 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: John Deere
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 48, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto Venom 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2016500123640 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 2016.