B3257 crash in West Devon on 25 June 2019 at 16:36 involving a Ford Fiesta
A motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B3257 in West Devon at 16:36 on Tuesday 25 June 2019. The 18-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 2019
- Tuesday, 16:36
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.49476, longitude -4.17182, in the PL20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500856381
- Council area
- West 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
- 3257
- 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
- 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, 98 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 September 2016.
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 22 September 2016
98 m awayRef 2016500113671
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 12 February 2020
155 m awayRef 2020500942283
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 9 December 1995
212 m awayRef 199550E613135
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 15 February 2016
220 m awayRef 201650JT2D001
Serious
Car crash on a C road in West Devon, 16 January 1980
224 m awayRef 198050G530063
Slight
Car crash on a C road in West Devon, 12 November 1982
250 m awayRef 198250G531060
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- 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 2019500856381 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 2019.