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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ1 on 10 July 2001 at 09:34 involving a Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry

A Leyland DAF FA 45 lorry hit three pedestrians on an unclassified road in Torbay at 09:34 on Tuesday 10 July 2001. A 23-year-old female pedestrian, a 22-year-old female pedestrian and a 2-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jul 2001
Tuesday, 09:34
Vehicles
1
Leyland DAF FA 45
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.474, longitude -3.53438, in the TQ1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tormohun, Torbay, TQ2 5RS area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200150F314136
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
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland DAF FA 45

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 45)

    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 45)

    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 2, hit by vehicle 1 (Leyland DAF FA 45)

    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 200150F314136 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.