Serious A386 crash in West Devon on 18 September 2017 at 17:20 involving a Honda CBR600RR motorcycle
A Honda CBR600RR motorcycle crashed on the A386 in West Devon at 17:20 on Monday 18 September 2017. The 25-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Sep 2017
- Monday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda CBR600RR
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69355, longitude -4.07681, in the EX20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500228579
- Council area
- West 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
- 386
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Serious injury band
- Less 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, 9 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 March 2014.
Serious
Rover 45 crash on the A386 in West Devon, 19 March 2014
9 m awayRef 201450JO3C002
Serious
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 24 October 1980
10 m awayRef 198050H260515
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A386 in West Devon, 10 August 1993
24 m awayRef 199350C530943
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A386 in West Devon, 11 July 2012
53 m awayRef 201250JO3C004
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A386 in West Devon, 23 October 1983
73 m awayRef 198350C530520
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the B3205 in Torbay, 14 July 1992
77 m awayRef 199250F271138
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR600RR
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 599 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 25, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR600RR)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2017500228579 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.