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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ1 on 5 January 1998 at 08:30 involving a Vauxhall Vectra

A Vauxhall Vectra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Torbay at 08:30 on Monday 5 January 1998. A 12-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Jan 1998
Monday, 08:30
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Vectra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.48541, longitude -3.52652, 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
199850F310064
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vectra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,799 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vectra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 199850F310064 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 1998.