Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ3 on 6 March 2001 at 21:35 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort, a car and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 21:35 on Tuesday 6 March 2001. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Mar 2001
- Tuesday, 21:35
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Escort and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.44275, longitude -3.58421, in the TQ3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the King's Ash, Torbay, TQ3 3UU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torbay
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150F211398
- Council area
- Torbay
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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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The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 April 2001.
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Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 200150F211398 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 2001.