A361 crash in North Devon on 12 May 2017 at 22:50 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A Honda CBR125R motorcycle crashed on the A361 in North Devon at 22:50 on Friday 12 May 2017. The 33-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 May 2017
- Friday, 22:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda CBR125R
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07178, longitude -4.03152, in the EX32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newport, North Devon, EX32 8NX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500184396
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- 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
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 361
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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Road surface defective
- Carriageway hazards
- Poor or defective road surface
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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 October 2012.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A361 in North Devon, 2 October 2012
16 m awayRef 201250CB2I008
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A361 in North Devon, 11 May 2012
18 m awayRef 201250CB2I006
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A39 in North Devon, 10 December 1995
20 m awayRef 199550C211627
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A361 in North Devon, 30 May 2014
23 m awayRef 201450CB2I005
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A361 in North Devon, 27 May 1995
25 m awayRef 199550C210629
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A39 in North Devon, 8 June 2005
30 m awayRef 200550C21G667
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR125R)
- 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 2017500184396 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 2017.