B3179 crash in East Devon on 21 June 2018 at 15:13 involving a Nissan Primera
A Nissan Primera and a Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3179 in East Devon at 15:13 on Thursday 21 June 2018. The 57-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSXR 750 motorcycle was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jun 2018
- Thursday, 15:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Primera and Suzuki GSXR 750
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.65271, longitude -3.38511, in the EX8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500310489
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3179
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 14 October 2020
6 m awayRef 2020500993493
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3179 in East Devon, 11 September 1984
7 m awayRef 198450D311616
Fatal
Mitsubishi Space Star crash on the A3179 in East Devon, 10 January 2007
7 m awayRef 200750D31A214
Slight
Car crash on the B3179 in East Devon, 24 April 1981
7 m awayRef 198150L750252
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 30 May 2017
9 m awayRef 2017500192409
Slight
Keeway RKV 125 crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 17 November 2025
9 m awayRef 2025501671496
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,184 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSXR 750
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 750 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 57, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSXR 750)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2018500310489 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 2018.