A39 crash in North Devon on 28 October 2025 at 12:15 involving a Suzuki SX4
A Suzuki SX4 and a Lexmoto Isca 125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A39 in North Devon at 12:15 on Tuesday 28 October 2025. The 19-year-old male rider of the Lexmoto Isca 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Tuesday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki SX4 and Lexmoto Isca 125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07866, longitude -4.05403, in the EX32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnstaple. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barnstaple Central, North Devon, EX32 8HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501660302
- Council area
- North 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
- 39
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 39
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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 21 October 2013.
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A39 in North Devon, 21 October 2013
3 m awayRef 201350CB2D024
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A361 in North Devon, 17 March 2011
5 m awayRef 201150CB2D016
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A39 in North Devon, 24 February 2024
5 m awayRef 2024501413809
Slight
Vauxhall Agila crash on the A39 in North Devon, 12 October 2023
5 m awayRef 2023501362317
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 30 June 1982
5 m awayRef 198250C210237
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the A39 in North Devon, 15 December 2024
5 m awayRef 2024501534915
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SX4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,373 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
Vehicle 2: Lexmoto Isca 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Lexmoto Isca 125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025501660302 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 2025.