Serious A39 crash in North Devon on 26 July 2018 at 17:53 involving a Citroen C3
A motorcycle and a Citroen C3 were involved in a crash on the A39 in North Devon at 17:53 on Thursday 26 July 2018. The 31-year-old male rider of the 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
- 26 Jul 2018
- Thursday, 17:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Citroen C3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04357, longitude -4.12947, in the EX31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500316638
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 2022.
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on the A39 in North Devon, 11 March 2022
11 m awayRef 2022501156657
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A39 in North Devon, 18 April 2022
24 m awayRef 2022501167420
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A39 in Torridge, 31 October 2005
57 m awayRef 200550C41O306
Serious
Toyota Aygo crash on the A39 in North Devon, 11 June 2019
62 m awayRef 2019500863924
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A39 in North Devon, 17 December 2010
65 m awayRef 201050CB2F008
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Torridge, 11 June 1979
117 m awayRef 197950H610217
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 937 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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 2018500316638 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 2018.