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A3022 crash in Torbay on 28 September 2011 at 06:23 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3022 in Torbay at 06:23 on Wednesday 28 September 2011. The 44-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 34-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Sep 2011
Wednesday, 06:23
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.44438, longitude -3.56328, in the TQ3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Preston, Torbay, TQ3 2EY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201150FP2A028
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3022
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 201150FP2A028 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 2011.