A379 crash in Exeter on 7 September 2018 at 14:45 involving a Honda CBR125R motorcycle
A Honda CBR125R motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A379 in Exeter at 14:45 on Friday 7 September 2018. The 26-year-old male rider of the Honda CBR125R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Sep 2018
- Friday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda CBR125R and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70633, longitude -3.48867, in the EX2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500800393
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 379
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a fatal crash on 24 August 2000.
Fatal
Honda crash on the A379 in Exeter, 24 August 2000
1 m awayRef 200050D214376
Slight
Aprilia crash on the A379 in Exeter, 29 November 2004
9 m awayRef 200450D21Q920
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Exeter, 30 May 2007
11 m awayRef 200750D21G353
Fatal
Suzuki SV 1000 crash on the A379 in Exeter, 15 April 2007
22 m awayRef 200750D21E550
Serious
Yamaha crash on the A379 in Exeter, 9 June 1991
23 m awayRef 199150D211120
Slight
Kawasaki ZR750 crash on the A379 in Exeter, 7 March 2002
63 m awayRef 200250D211351
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda CBR125R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 26, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda CBR125R)
- 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 2018500800393 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Exeter road accident statistics for 2018.