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A3022 crash in Torbay on 17 September 1993 at 10:40 involving a Ford Fiesta

A car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A3022 in Torbay at 10:40 on Friday 17 September 1993. A 58-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta, the 67-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 40-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Sep 1993
Friday, 10:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Ford Fiesta
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39264, longitude -3.55012, in the TQ5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199350F212352
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3022
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199350F212352 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 1993.