A379 crash in Exeter on 28 September 2016 at 19:40 involving a Ford B-Max
A Ford B-Max and a Honda CBR500RA motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A379 in Exeter at 19:40 on Wednesday 28 September 2016. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR500RA motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Sep 2016
- Wednesday, 19:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford B-Max and Honda CBR500RA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69114, longitude -3.50678, in the EX2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kenn Valley, Teignbridge, EX2 0AZ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500130845
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 379
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2003.
Slight
Mitsubishi L200 crash on the A379 in Exeter, 21 December 2003
10 m awayRef 200350D21R587
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 27 January 2008
10 m awayRef 200850F44A987
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Exeter, 5 December 2008
16 m awayRef 200850DE2T024
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 27 September 1987
17 m awayRef 198750D211560
Serious
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 17 July 1995
19 m awayRef 199550D211510
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Exeter, 25 March 1989
24 m awayRef 198950D210453
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford B-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CBR500RA
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 471 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CBR500RA)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2016500130845 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Exeter road accident statistics for 2016.