A386 crash in West Devon on 14 December 2020 at 17:00 involving a Ford Transit Custom van
A motorcycle and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 17:00 on Monday 14 December 2020. The male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2020
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.5139, longitude -4.11135, in the PL20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burrator, West Devon, PL20 7RU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020501010364
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 386
- 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
- Other
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 August 2002.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A386 in West Devon, 17 August 2002
7 m awayRef 200250E611995
Serious
Citroen BX crash on the A386 in West Devon, 1 July 1999
7 m awayRef 199950E611517
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A386 in West Devon, 25 July 2017
11 m awayRef 2017500207637
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A386 in West Devon, 23 November 2005
16 m awayRef 200550E61P316
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on the A386 in West Devon, 14 April 2005
16 m awayRef 200550E61E242
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A386 in West Devon, 31 July 2007
16 m awayRef 200750E61K714
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- 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
- Engine capacity
- 400 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 2020501010364 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.