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Serious B3201 crash in Torbay on 12 September 1981 at 19:32 involving a car

Two cars and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B3201 in Torbay at 19:32 on Saturday 12 September 1981. There were six casualties: four people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured. Three of them were pedestrians.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Sep 1981
Saturday, 19:32
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
6
4 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43527, longitude -3.56377, in the TQ4 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
198150K711301
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3201
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2008.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    U-turn
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    25 years

  • Vehicle 3: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 5: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, on vehicle 3 (Bicycle)

  • Casualty 6: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 198150K711301 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.