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A3022 crash in Torbay on 26 March 2003 at 21:45 involving a Yamaha motorcycle

A Yamaha motorcycle crashed on the A3022 in Torbay at 21:45 on Wednesday 26 March 2003. The 17-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Mar 2003
Wednesday, 21:45
Vehicles
1
Yamaha
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4825, longitude -3.55763, in the TQ2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shiphay, Torbay, TQ2 7JA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200350F31D405
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3022
Road type
Single carriageway
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
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, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 July 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Yamaha

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha)

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 200350F31D405 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 2003.