Unclassified road crash in Torridge EX39 on 17 May 2016 at 17:48 involving a Mercedes SLK Class
A bicycle and a Mercedes SLK Class were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torridge at 17:48 on Tuesday 17 May 2016. The 50-year-old male cyclist 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
- 17 May 2016
- Tuesday, 17:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Mercedes SLK Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00846, longitude -4.23114, in the EX39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bideford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bideford South, Torridge, EX39 3FX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201650CD3E005
- Council area
- Torridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
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
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2001.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 11 October 2001
18 m awayRef 200150C416375
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 2 February 2013
82 m awayRef 201350CD3E003
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 15 August 2002
84 m awayRef 200250C415061
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 4 May 2017
93 m awayRef 2017500183281
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 25 July 2012
115 m awayRef 201250CD3E014
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Torridge, 6 September 1984
126 m awayRef 198450C410425
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Mercedes SLK Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 50, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
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 201650CD3E005 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 2016.