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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ4 on 12 September 2015 at 02:30 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira, a car and a van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 02:30 on Saturday 12 September 2015. A 35-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Vauxhall Zafira was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
12 Sep 2015
Saturday, 02:30
Vehicles
3
Vauxhall Zafira and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41259, longitude -3.57282, in the TQ4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Churston with Galmpton, Torbay, TQ4 7LR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201550FP2I002
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
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 unlit
Weather
Raining, 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
8%
Estimated chance it was slight
92%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 65 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 1998.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

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 201550FP2I002 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 2015.