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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ1 on 19 February 1993 at 20:48 involving a Morris Mini

A Morris Mini and an Austin Allegro were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 20:48 on Friday 19 February 1993. The 18-year-old female driver of the Austin Allegro was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Feb 1993
Friday, 20:48
Vehicles
2
Morris Mini and Austin Allegro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.47773, longitude -3.51598, in the TQ1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199350F310331
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 May 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Morris Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Allegro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,485 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Austin Allegro)

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 199350F310331 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.