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Torbay road accidents in 1981: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 453 road traffic collisions in Torbay in 1981, and 564 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 4 were fatal and 135 were serious.

Collisions were up 4% on 1980 (434), and casualties rose from 522.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 16,751 collisions in Torbay.

Collisions in 1981
453
Up 4% on 1980
Casualties in 1981
564
Up 8% on 1980
Fatal collisions
4
0.9% of collisions
Serious collisions
135
30% of collisions

Crash severity in Torbay in 1981

0.9% of collisions in Torbay in 1981 were fatal and 30% serious, against 0.8% and 17% in Torbay from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal40.9%
  • Serious13530%
  • Slight31469%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal40.7%
  • Serious15427%
  • Slight40672%

Torbay road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Torbay, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 512 in 1985. 1981 is highlighted, with 453, up 4% on 1980.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 1981
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025172204
2024165208
2023190237
2022168228
2021230295
2020183221
2019226302
2018261332
2017257322
2016267359
2015281377
2014298363
2013297364
2012304404
2011309379
2010351457
2009302388
2008364463
2007374454
2006385470
2005436526
2004421506
2003392462
2002371433
2001385465
2000366459
1999408481
1998433531
1997371457
1996378467
1995418482
1994431517
1993418522
1992343446
1991339409
1990414523
1989437525
1988414521
1987431530
1986443583
1985512633
1984500593
1983502588
1982436554
1981453564
1980434522
1979481603

When and where crashes happen in Torbay in 1981

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday48 (11%)
  • Tuesday56 (12%)
  • Wednesday70 (15%)
  • Thursday75 (17%)
  • Friday69 (15%)
  • Saturday85 (19%)
  • Sunday50 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5931 (6.8%)
  • 03:00 to 05:592 (0.4%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5940 (8.8%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5957 (13%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5998 (22%)
  • 15:00 to 17:59111 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5961 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5953 (12%)

Collisions by month

  • January32 (7.1%)
  • February32 (7.1%)
  • March41 (9.1%)
  • April45 (9.9%)
  • May38 (8.4%)
  • June35 (7.7%)
  • July46 (10%)
  • August43 (9.5%)
  • September34 (7.5%)
  • October44 (9.7%)
  • November27 (6%)
  • December36 (7.9%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight342 (75%)
  • Dark, street lights lit95 (21%)
  • Dark, no street lighting16 (3.5%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds368 (81%)
  • Raining, no high winds64 (14%)
  • Fog or mist7 (1.5%)
  • Raining with high winds7 (1.5%)
  • Fine with high winds4 (0.9%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.2%)
  • Other2 (0.4%)

Road surface

  • Dry320 (71%)
  • Wet or damp130 (29%)
  • Frost or ice2 (0.4%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep1 (0.2%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph377 (83%)
  • 40 mph27 (6%)
  • 50 mph2 (0.4%)
  • 60 mph45 (9.9%)
  • 70 mph2 (0.4%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway392 (87%)
  • One way street or slip road34 (7.5%)
  • Roundabout18 (4%)
  • Dual carriageway9 (2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in Torbay in 1981

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant201 (36%)
  • Motorcyclist184 (33%)
  • Pedestrian125 (22%)
  • Cyclist39 (6.9%)
  • Bus or coach occupant7 (1.2%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)4 (0.7%)
  • Van occupant3 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 510 (1.8%)
  • 6 to 1026 (4.6%)
  • 11 to 1548 (8.5%)
  • 16 to 20217 (38%)
  • 21 to 2567 (12%)
  • 26 to 3558 (10%)
  • 36 to 4540 (7.1%)
  • 46 to 5515 (2.7%)
  • 56 to 6532 (5.7%)
  • 66 to 7530 (5.3%)
  • Over 7521 (3.7%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider309 (55%)
  • Passenger130 (23%)
  • Pedestrian125 (22%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car464 (62%)
  • Motorcycle198 (26%)
  • Pedal cycle40 (5.3%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes17 (2.3%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes16 (2.1%)
  • Bus or coach12 (1.6%)
  • Minibus4 (0.5%)
  • Other vehicle1 (0.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for Torbay in 1981

Map of the last 24 crashes of 1981 in Torbay

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

How Torbay ranked among 349 areas in 1981

Of the 349 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, Torbay had fewer road collisions than 215 of them in 1981.

Collisions
216th
of 349 areas, highest first
Casualties
233rd
of 349 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
314th
of 349 areas, highest first
Serious collisions
208th
of 349 areas, highest first

Roads in Torbay with the most crashes in 1981

The A379 had the most collisions in Torbay in 1981: 124, including 1 fatal and 44 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in Torbay, 1981
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA379124150144
2ndA30225076114
3rdA380232817
4thA385202509
5thB3199202305
6thB3201111705
7thB32059903
8thB320081001
9thB31985901
10thB32022200
11thA3811200
12thB31921100

Towns in Torbay: crashes in 1981

Paignton had the most collisions of any town in Torbay in 1981: 164.

Postcode districts in Torbay: crashes in 1981

TQ1 and TQ2 had the most collisions of any postcode district in Torbay in 1981, with 106 each.

Latest crashes in Torbay in 1981

Of the last 24 crashes in Torbay in 1981, none were fatal and 6 were serious. The last was on 31 December 1981.

Severity

Torbay road accidents in other years