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Serious B3201 crash in Torbay on 22 August 1997 at 19:15 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Honda motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3201 in Torbay at 19:15 on Friday 22 August 1997. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

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
22 Aug 1997
Friday, 19:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Honda
Casualties
4
2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43532, longitude -3.56011, 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
199750F211840
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
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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 28 April 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    2,792 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 23, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

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 199750F211840 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 1997.