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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ3 on 27 January 2002 at 05:00 involving a Honda motorcycle

A Honda motorcycle and a Rover Metro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 05:00 on Sunday 27 January 2002. The 60-year-old male rider of the Honda motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jan 2002
Sunday, 05:00
Vehicles
2
Honda and Rover Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.44469, longitude -3.58075, in the TQ3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the King's Ash, Torbay, TQ3 3UU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200250F210491
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Other object in carriageway

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    85 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda)

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 200250F210491 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 2002.