B3227 crash in North Devon on 26 August 2019 at 15:58 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B3227 in North Devon at 15:58 on Monday 26 August 2019. The 31-year-old male rider 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
- 26 Aug 2019
- Monday, 15:58
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01466, longitude -3.89241, in the EX37 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500887293
- Council area
- North 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
- 3227
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 August 2000.
Slight
Honda VTR1000F crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 12 August 2000
10 m awayRef 200050C244146
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 15 February 2003
20 m awayRef 200350C24B389
Slight
Volvo V70 crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 28 January 2023
21 m awayRef 2023501329271
Serious
Citroen C2 crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 12 October 2016
23 m awayRef 2016500120816
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 8 February 2016
23 m awayRef 201650CS2G001
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 31 August 1994
49 m awayRef 199450C241044
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 849 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 31, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019500887293 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 2019.