Serious A386 crash in West Devon on 21 July 2021 at 20:31 involving a Triumph motorcycle
A Triumph motorcycle and a Ford Transit Custom van were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 20:31 on Wednesday 21 July 2021. The 42-year-old male rider of the Triumph motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 21 Jul 2021
- Wednesday, 20:31
- Vehicles
- 2
- Triumph and Ford Transit Custom
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.47904, longitude -4.09237, in the PL20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021501082709
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Very 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 27 February 2001.
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on the A386 in West Devon, 27 February 2001
1 m awayRef 200150E610482
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A386 in West Devon, 6 April 2009
1 m awayRef 200950JT2R008
Serious
Aprilia crash on the A386 in West Devon, 21 November 2005
1 m awayRef 200550E61P260
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A386 in West Devon, 6 December 2001
1 m awayRef 200150E612935
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A386 in West Devon, 17 January 1999
1 m awayRef 199950E610133
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 21 October 1980
9 m awayRef 198050G530838
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Triumph
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 955 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Custom
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Leaving main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 42, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2021501082709 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 2021.