Serious unclassified road crash in North Devon EX33 on 5 December 2020 at 15:20 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in North Devon at 15:20 on Saturday 5 December 2020. The 47-year-old male rider was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Dec 2020
- Saturday, 15:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14183, longitude -4.19132, in the EX33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020501015751
- Council area
- North 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
- 20 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
- 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, 55 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2022.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 8 March 2022
55 m awayRef 2022501185941
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 26 January 2003
83 m awayRef 200350C31D496
Serious
Volkswagen Jetta crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 30 May 2001
122 m awayRef 200150C233197
Serious
Van crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 6 September 1988
325 m awayRef 198850C215024
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 1 September 1991
331 m awayRef 199150C230828
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 26 October 1985
334 m awayRef 198550C230485
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 293 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 47, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2020501015751 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 2020.