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Serious unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ3 on 27 April 2014 at 09:14 involving a Chevrolet Matiz

A Chevrolet Matiz and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 09:14 on Sunday 27 April 2014. The 89-year-old female driver of the Chevrolet Matiz was seriously injured and the 59-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit Connect van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
27 Apr 2014
Sunday, 09:14
Vehicles
2
Chevrolet Matiz and Ford Transit Connect
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.44544, longitude -3.56834, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201450FP2A004
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
Crossroads
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 March 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Matiz

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    89 years
    Engine capacity
    995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Transit Connect

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,560 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 89, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Matiz)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Transit Connect)

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 201450FP2A004 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 2014.