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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ2 on 11 September 2017 at 17:00 involving a Citroen C4

A Citroen C4 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 17:00 on Monday 11 September 2017. The 54-year-old female driver of the Citroen C4 and the 30-year-old male rider of the motorcycle were 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
11 Sep 2017
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
2
Citroen C4 and motorcycle
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.46874, longitude -3.53587, in the TQ2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tormohun, Torbay, TQ2 5RS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017500225944
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
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
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Motorcycle

    Motorcycle, engine size unknown

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    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
    30 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C4)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, motorcyclist (engine size unknown), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)

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 2017500225944 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 2017.