Serious unclassified road crash in West Devon EX20 on 16 September 2020 at 18:36 involving a Lexmoto Venom 125 motorcycle
A Lexmoto Venom 125 motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in West Devon at 18:36 on Wednesday 16 September 2020. The 18-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Sep 2020
- Wednesday, 18:36
- Vehicles
- 1
- Lexmoto Venom 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74238, longitude -4.01262, in the EX20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020500996182
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 November 2002.
Serious
Aprilia crash on a C road in West Devon, 23 November 2002
16 m awayRef 200250C517140
Slight
Audi A3 crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 16 December 2012
37 m awayRef 201250JO2J012
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on a C road in West Devon, 20 February 2002
94 m awayRef 200250C511040
Slight
Lorry crash on the A386 in West Devon, 29 July 1987
94 m awayRef 198750C512792
Slight
Bus crash on the A386 in West Devon, 24 February 1982
95 m awayRef 198250C510063
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 13 July 1983
97 m awayRef 198350C510310
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Lexmoto Venom 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Lexmoto Venom 125)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- 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 2020500996182 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 2020.