A379 crash in Torbay on 2 April 2013 at 16:45 involving a Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle
A Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle and a van were involved in a crash on the A379 in Torbay at 16:45 on Tuesday 2 April 2013. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha WR 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Apr 2013
- Tuesday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha WR 125 and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.49019, longitude -3.52751, in the TQ2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barton with Watcombe, Torbay, TQ2 8ES area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torbay
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201350FT2B008
- Council area
- Torbay
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 379
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 January 2023.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A379 in Torbay, 24 January 2023
3 m awayRef 2023501267232
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A379 in Torbay, 4 August 2022
3 m awayRef 2022501242297
Slight
Van crash on the A379 in Torbay, 12 July 2012
4 m awayRef 201250FT2A006
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on an unclassified road in Torbay, 14 January 2018
4 m awayRef 2018500262286
Slight
Suzuki UK 110 crash on the A379 in Torbay, 2 November 2021
6 m awayRef 2021501113807
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on an unclassified road in Torbay, 25 June 2013
6 m awayRef 201350FT2A003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha WR 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha WR 125)
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 201350FT2B008 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 2013.