B3212 crash in Exeter on 5 February 2019 at 07:26 involving a Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the B3212 in Exeter at 07:26 on Tuesday 5 February 2019. The 31-year-old male rider of the Yamaha Ybr 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Feb 2019
- Tuesday, 07:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha Ybr 125 and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72804, longitude -3.52034, in the EX1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newtown and St Leonard's, Exeter, EX1 2ED area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Exeter
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500816626
- Council area
- Exeter
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3212
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 December 1997.
Slight
Proton Proton crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 2 December 1997
3 m awayRef 199750D214508
Slight
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 5 November 1981
3 m awayRef 198150J671135
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 20 June 1994
7 m awayRef 199450D211472
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 7 October 2020
9 m awayRef 2020500991299
Slight
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 8 November 2025
10 m awayRef 2025501665449
Slight
Car crash on the B3212 in Exeter, 22 December 1983
10 m awayRef 198350D212465
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha Ybr 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha Ybr 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019500816626 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 2019.