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Serious A379 crash in Torbay on 25 April 1981 at 12:15 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A379 in Torbay at 12:15 on Saturday 25 April 1981. The 18-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Apr 1981
Saturday, 12:15
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.44575, longitude -3.56031, in the TQ3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150K710571
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2003.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198150K710571 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 1981.