A3022 crash in Torbay on 3 August 2013 at 03:07 involving an MG ZR
An MG ZR hit two pedestrians on the A3022 in Torbay at 03:07 on Saturday 3 August 2013. A 44-year-old male pedestrian and a 40-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2013
- Saturday, 03:07
- Vehicles
- 1
- MG ZR
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45228, longitude -3.55117, in the TQ2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cockington with Chelston, Torbay, TQ2 6TW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torbay
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201350FT2L015
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 December 2007.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A3022 in Torbay, 7 December 2007
12 m awayRef 200750F31O926
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A379 in Torbay, 6 July 2002
21 m awayRef 200250F314120
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Torbay, 7 August 1985
24 m awayRef 198550F311572
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A3022 in Torbay, 18 January 1995
32 m awayRef 199550F310106
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in Torbay, 3 April 1986
41 m awayRef 198650F210419
Serious
Car crash on the A379 in Torbay, 22 February 1979
46 m awayRef 197950K700194
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: MG ZR
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (MG ZR)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 40, hit by vehicle 1 (MG ZR)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 201350FT2L015 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 2013.