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Serious A385 crash in Torbay on 18 September 1986 at 16:05 involving a car

A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A385 in Torbay at 16:05 on Thursday 18 September 1986. A 57-year-old male pedestrian hit by the motorcycle was seriously injured and the 21-year-old male rider of the motorcycle and a 19-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Sep 1986
Thursday, 16:05
Vehicles
2
Car and motorcycle
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.42965, longitude -3.60033, in the TQ3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Collaton St Mary.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198650F211544
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
385
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, hit by vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 198650F211544 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torbay road accident statistics for 1986.