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Serious unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ3 on 3 May 2017 at 18:52

A vehicle crashed on an unclassified road in Torbay at 18:52 on Wednesday 3 May 2017. A 41-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 36-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 May 2017
Wednesday, 18:52
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43659, longitude -3.58453, in the TQ3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the King's Ash, Torbay, TQ3 3UU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017500180992
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years
    Engine capacity
    249 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 36, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious

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 2017500180992 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 2017.