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Serious B3343 crash in North Devon on 4 July 2024 at 12:16 involving a Yamaha XT motorcycle

A Yamaha XT motorcycle crashed on the B3343 in North Devon at 12:16 on Thursday 4 July 2024. The 17-year-old male rider was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Jul 2024
Thursday, 12:16
Vehicles
1
Yamaha XT
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17183, longitude -4.19071, in the EX34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2024501463527
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3343
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
B
Second road number
3343

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine with 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, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 August 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha XT

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from driver's home
    10 to 20 km

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha XT)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived
    Distance from home
    10 to 20 km

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 2024501463527 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 2024.