A3022 crash in Torbay on 14 December 2000 at 16:52 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A3022 in Torbay at 16:52 on Thursday 14 December 2000. The 41-year-old female driver of the Rover 400 Series, the 42-year-old male driver of the car and a 14-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2000
- Thursday, 16:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 400 Series and car
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.48108, longitude -3.54941, in the TQ2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200050F316948
- Council area
- Torbay
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3022
- 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
- Wet or damp
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,589 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 14, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- 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 200050F316948 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.