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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ4 on 24 December 2002 at 21:45 involving a Rover 200 Series

A car and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 21:45 on Tuesday 24 December 2002. The 66-year-old male driver of the Rover 200 Series and a 62-year-old female passenger in the Rover 200 Series were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2002
Tuesday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Car and Rover 200 Series
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4144, longitude -3.57904, in the TQ4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Collaton St Mary, Torbay, TQ4 7FE area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200250F217809
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 July 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 200 Series)

    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 200250F217809 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 2002.