Serious unclassified road crash in West Devon PL6 on 8 April 2017 at 16:19 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Devon at 16:19 on Saturday 8 April 2017. The 46-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 Apr 2017
- Saturday, 16:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Galaxy and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45559, longitude -4.10553, in the PL6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500173876
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 2025.
Slight
Yamaha MT crash on the A386 in West Devon, 16 September 2025
2 m awayRef 2025501642552
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in the South Hams, 12 December 1988
6 m awayRef 198850E212316
Serious
Honda Jazz crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 22 April 2024
6 m awayRef 2024501434590
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 15 January 1988
10 m awayRef 198850E610097
Slight
Minibus crash on the A386 in the South Hams, 20 May 1986
10 m awayRef 198650E210935
Serious
Citroen BX crash on the A386 in the South Hams, 5 July 2000
12 m awayRef 200050E211859
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 46, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017500173876 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 2017.