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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ2 on 6 October 2015 at 17:20 involving a KTM 125 Duke motorcycle

A car and a KTM 125 Duke motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 17:20 on Tuesday 6 October 2015. The 20-year-old male rider of the KTM 125 Duke motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Oct 2015
Tuesday, 17:20
Vehicles
2
Car and KTM 125 Duke
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4896, longitude -3.55675, 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 7TD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201550FT2M017
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

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

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 October 2025.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: KTM 125 Duke

    Motorcycle 125cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    125 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (KTM 125 Duke)

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 201550FT2M017 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 2015.