A3022 crash in Torbay on 8 July 2012 at 11:30 involving a Honda FR-V
A Honda FR-V, a Peugeot 307 and a Rover 45 were involved in a crash on the A3022 in Torbay at 11:30 on Sunday 8 July 2012. The 85-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 307 and the 49-year-old female driver of the Rover 45 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
- 8 Jul 2012
- Sunday, 11:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda FR-V and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.44788, longitude -3.55743, 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
- 201250FP2A014
- 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
- 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
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 May 2017.
Slight
Lorry crash on an unclassified road in Torbay, 31 May 2017
2 m awayRef 2017500189788
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A379 in Torbay, 19 November 2007
3 m awayRef 200750F31N876
Slight
Suzuki Supercarry crash on the A3022 in Torbay, 18 November 2003
3 m awayRef 200350F21N934
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A3022 in Torbay, 28 September 2015
7 m awayRef 201550FP2A025
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A379 in Torbay, 23 August 2011
10 m awayRef 201150FP2A022
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Torbay, 15 May 1984
10 m awayRef 198450F210794
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda FR-V
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 85 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Rover 45
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 307)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Rover 45)
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 201250FP2A014 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 2012.