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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ5 on 27 May 1990 at 22:40 involving a Kawasaki motorcycle

A Kawasaki motorcycle crashed on an unclassified road in Torbay at 22:40 on Sunday 27 May 1990. The 26-year-old male rider and a 23-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 May 1990
Sunday, 22:40
Vehicles
1
Kawasaki
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39325, longitude -3.50386, in the TQ5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050F270944
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Kawasaki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Kawasaki)

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 199050F270944 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 1990.