Serious A386 crash in West Devon on 16 July 2018 at 08:02 involving a Honda CBR 650 FA motorcycle
A Honda CBR 650 FA motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 08:02 on Monday 16 July 2018. The 24-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR 650 FA motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Jul 2018
- Monday, 08:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR 650 FA and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.527, longitude -4.13117, in the PL19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500314838
- 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
- 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
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 December 1997.
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A386 in West Devon, 29 December 1997
28 m awayRef 199750E613313
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the A386 in West Devon, 27 February 2013
42 m awayRef 201350JT2C002
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A386 in West Devon, 3 February 1979
57 m awayRef 197950G530094
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on the A386 in West Devon, 13 January 2017
58 m awayRef 2017500149948
Serious
Scooter crash on the A386 in West Devon, 31 October 1980
73 m awayRef 198050G530875
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A386 in West Devon, 12 May 2008
78 m awayRef 200850JT2C002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR 650 FA
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 649 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 24, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR 650 FA)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018500314838 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 2018.