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A380 crash in Torbay on 30 March 2012 at 13:56 involving a Citroen C3

A Citroen C3 and a car were involved in a crash on the A380 in Torbay at 13:56 on Friday 30 March 2012. The 67-year-old female driver of the Citroen C3 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Mar 2012
Friday, 13:56
Vehicles
2
Citroen C3 and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.48501, longitude -3.57261, in the TQ2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shiphay, Torbay, TQ2 7JA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201250FT2H006
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
380
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)

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 201250FT2H006 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.