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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ3 on 26 June 2002 at 16:50 involving a Renault Laguna

A Renault Laguna and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 16:50 on Wednesday 26 June 2002. The 12-year-old female cyclist was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jun 2002
Wednesday, 16:50
Vehicles
2
Renault Laguna and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.44256, longitude -3.55815, in the TQ3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Preston, Torbay, TQ3 2EY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200250F213835
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
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 June 1999.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Laguna

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,948 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 200250F213835 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.