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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ2 on 8 June 2000 at 13:40 involving a Ford Transit

Four vehicles, including a Ford Transit and a Vauxhall Cavalier, were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 13:40 on Thursday 8 June 2000. All five casualties were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jun 2000
Thursday, 13:40
Vehicles
4
Ford Transit and 3 others
Casualties
5
5 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.47584, longitude -3.57799, in the TQ2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200050F312910
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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 2 January 1986.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Transit

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,753 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Escort)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Car)

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 200050F312910 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 2000.