Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ2 on 8 April 2018 at 11:53 involving a Mitsubishi Colt
A bicycle and a Mitsubishi Colt were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 11:53 on Sunday 8 April 2018. The 66-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 crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2018
- Sunday, 11:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Mitsubishi Colt
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.46803, longitude -3.53515, 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
- 2018500285855
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 2017.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Torbay, 9 December 2017
1 m awayRef 2017500248396
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Torbay, 25 November 1980
2 m awayRef 198050K701643
Serious
Car crash on the A379 in Torbay, 16 April 1986
2 m awayRef 198650F310477
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Torbay, 9 April 2003
2 m awayRef 200350F31D057
Slight
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Torbay, 25 March 2006
2 m awayRef 200650F31D457
Serious
Vehicle crash on the A379 in Torbay, 16 April 1991
2 m awayRef 199150F310636
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 66, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2018500285855 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 2018.