B3261 crash in East Devon on 12 November 2018 at 08:45 involving a Suzuki DR 125 motorcycle
A Suzuki DR 125 motorcycle crashed on the B3261 in East Devon at 08:45 on Monday 12 November 2018. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Nov 2018
- Monday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki DR 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77915, longitude -3.00861, in the EX13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Axminster, East Devon, EX13 5QU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500801730
- 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
- 3261
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 1983.
Slight
Minibus crash on the A35 in East Devon, 27 June 1983
8 m awayRef 198350D361112
Slight
Car crash on the B3261 in East Devon, 1 May 2008
8 m awayRef 200850KA2B001
Serious
Honda crash on the A35 in East Devon, 24 July 1991
17 m awayRef 199150D361289
Slight
Lorry crash on the A35 in East Devon, 9 September 1990
22 m awayRef 199050D361741
Serious
Nissan Micra crash on the B3261 in East Devon, 5 December 1993
22 m awayRef 199350D362961
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B3265 in East Devon, 5 December 1993
22 m awayRef 199350D363143
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki DR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Suzuki DR 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018500801730 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.