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Serious unclassified road crash in West Devon EX21 on 6 December 2020 at 13:38 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on an unclassified road in West Devon at 13:38 on Sunday 6 December 2020. The 59-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Dec 2020
Sunday, 13:38
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77304, longitude -4.1842, in the EX21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2020501008737
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Moderately serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 147 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2003.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

    Serious injury band
    Moderately serious
    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 2020501008737 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 2020.