A385 crash in the South Hams on 9 June 2023 at 08:03 involving a Vauxhall Mokka
A Vauxhall Mokka and a Honda XL125V motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A385 in the South Hams at 08:03 on Friday 9 June 2023. The 35-year-old male rider of the Honda XL125V motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jun 2023
- Friday, 08:03
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Mokka and Honda XL125V
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4399, longitude -3.69591, in the TQ9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Totnes.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023501318359
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 385
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- 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, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2025.
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 6 June 2025
40 m awayRef 2025501599507
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 1 May 2006
52 m awayRef 200650F51E995
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 19 April 2005
59 m awayRef 200550F51E864
Slight
Seat Alhambra crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 23 November 2005
59 m awayRef 200550F51P162
Slight
Car crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 14 March 1986
68 m awayRef 198650F510322
Slight
Suzuki GSXR 600 crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 31 July 2007
70 m awayRef 200750F51J076
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Mokka
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda XL125V
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 125 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Honda XL125V)
- 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 2023501318359 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Hams road accident statistics for 2023.