B3181 crash in Mid Devon on 17 December 2018 at 17:50 involving a Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle
A Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon at 17:50 on Monday 17 December 2018. The 21-year-old male rider of the Honda WW125EX2 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Dec 2018
- Monday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda WW125EX2 and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86087, longitude -3.3856, in the EX15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cullompton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cullompton St Andrews, Mid Devon, EX15 1FT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500808782
- Council area
- Mid 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
- 3181
- Road type
- Single 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 November 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 10 November 1986
4 m awayRef 198650D422121
Serious
Car crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 29 October 1981
4 m awayRef 198150L910850
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 7 October 2005
21 m awayRef 200550D42M992
Serious
Car crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 4 March 1989
22 m awayRef 198950D420348
Slight
Peugeot 505 crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 27 September 1993
22 m awayRef 199350D422373
Slight
Car crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 1 August 1985
26 m awayRef 198550D421408
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda WW125EX2
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda WW125EX2)
- 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 2018500808782 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 2018.