Unclassified road crash in the South Hams TQ6 on 10 October 2019 at 06:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 06:05 on Thursday 10 October 2019. The 14-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Oct 2019
- Thursday, 06:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35218, longitude -3.58688, in the TQ6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dartmouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dartmouth & East Dart, South Hams, TQ6 9EW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500900003
- Council area
- South Hams
- 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
- Rural
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1998.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in the South Hams, 6 September 1998
7 m awayRef 199850F535516
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 17 June 1988
7 m awayRef 198850F531127
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in the South Hams, 25 June 1982
9 m awayRef 198250G490532
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 6 May 1989
9 m awayRef 198950F530797
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 27 March 1992
42 m awayRef 199250F530457
Serious
Minibus crash on a C road in the South Hams, 28 February 1988
44 m awayRef 198850F530326
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 14, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019500900003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Hams road accident statistics for 2019.