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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ1 on 26 January 2015 at 08:45 involving a Fiat Doblo taxi

A Fiat Doblo taxi hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in Torbay at 08:45 on Monday 26 January 2015. A 44-year-old female pedestrian and a 6-year-old male pedestrian 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
26 Jan 2015
Monday, 08:45
Vehicles
1
Fiat Doblo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.46885, longitude -3.51509, in the TQ1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Wellswood, Torbay, TQ1 1SE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201550FT2C003
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

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
Human crossing control by school crossing patrol

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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 117 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Doblo

    Taxi or private hire car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 44, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Doblo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, hit by vehicle 1 (Fiat Doblo)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere

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 201550FT2C003 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.