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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ1 on 11 March 2001 at 15:00 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 15:00 on Sunday 11 March 2001. The 32-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra and a 36-year-old female passenger in the Nissan Micra were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Mar 2001
Sunday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Nissan Micra
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.48055, longitude -3.52895, in the TQ1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Marychurch, Torbay, TQ1 3PR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200150F314892
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
Crossroads
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

    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 200150F314892 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.