A39 crash in North Devon on 21 November 2017 at 07:41 involving a Qingqi QM 125 motorcycle
A Qingqi QM 125 motorcycle and a Dacia Logan were involved in a crash on the A39 in North Devon at 07:41 on Tuesday 21 November 2017. The 18-year-old male rider of the Qingqi QM 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2017
- Tuesday, 07:41
- Vehicles
- 2
- Qingqi QM 125 and Dacia Logan
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0324, longitude -4.17591, in the EX39 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500243948
- Council area
- North 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
- 39
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Wet or damp
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, 75 metres away, was a fatal crash on 10 May 2010.
Fatal
Peugeot Partner crash on the A39 in North Devon, 10 May 2010
75 m awayRef 201050CB2Q002
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the A39 in North Devon, 2 May 2025
100 m awayRef 2025501585000
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A39 in North Devon, 21 November 2009
115 m awayRef 200950CB2Q016
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A39 in Torridge, 10 February 2007
165 m awayRef 200750C41B884
Slight
Volvo crash on the A39 in North Devon, 24 October 1994
175 m awayRef 199450C411284
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in North Devon, 13 March 2014
189 m awayRef 201450CB2Q003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Qingqi QM 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Dacia Logan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Qingqi QM 125)
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 2017500243948 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.