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Fatal A3022 crash in Torbay on 30 December 1996 at 12:25 involving an Aprilia motorcycle

An Aprilia motorcycle hit a pedestrian on the A3022 in Torbay at 12:25 on Monday 30 December 1996. A 78-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Fatal
Date
30 Dec 1996
Monday, 12:25
Vehicles
1
Aprilia
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43756, longitude -3.56779, in the TQ3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650F212628
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3022
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 2023.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Aprilia

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 78, hit by vehicle 1 (Aprilia)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 199650F212628 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 1996.