B3178 crash in East Devon on 27 October 2018 at 13:35 involving a Honda CMX500 motorcycle
A car and a Honda CMX500 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3178 in East Devon at 13:35 on Saturday 27 October 2018. The 39-year-old female rider of the Honda CMX500 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Oct 2018
- Saturday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Honda CMX500
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63353, longitude -3.34672, in the EX9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Budleigh Salterton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Exmouth Littleham, East Devon, EX9 7AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500801310
- 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
- 3178
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3178
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 serious injury crash on 10 August 2020.
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B3178 in East Devon, 10 August 2020
1 m awayRef 2020500999622
Slight
Tesla Model 3 crash on the B3178 in East Devon, 29 July 2025
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Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B3178 in East Devon, 29 November 2007
6 m awayRef 200750D31O651
Serious
Car crash on the A376 in East Devon, 1 June 1983
6 m awayRef 198350D320966
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A376 in East Devon, 6 December 1985
6 m awayRef 198550D322368
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3178 in East Devon, 3 August 2000
6 m awayRef 200050D314152
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CMX500
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 471 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 39, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Honda CMX500)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2018500801310 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.