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Serious unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ1 on 30 October 2010 at 22:41 involving a Ford Orion

A Ford Orion crashed on an unclassified road in Torbay at 22:41 on Saturday 30 October 2010. A 42-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 29-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Oct 2010
Saturday, 22:41
Vehicles
1
Ford Orion
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.47444, longitude -3.50747, in the TQ1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wellswood, Torbay, TQ1 1SE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201050FT2F031
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Orion)

    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 201050FT2F031 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 2010.