A385 crash in Torbay on 25 July 2017 at 07:45 involving a Peugeot 206
A car, a Peugeot 206 and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A385 in Torbay at 07:45 on Tuesday 25 July 2017. The 43-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 206 and the 37-year-old female driver of the Audi A3 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
- 25 Jul 2017
- Tuesday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 206 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.42839, longitude -3.59197, in the TQ4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Paignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Clifton with Maidenway, Torbay, TQ3 3TY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torbay
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500212873
- Council area
- Torbay
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 385
- 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
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 1999.
Slight
Volvo crash on the A385 in Torbay, 25 May 1999
18 m awayRef 199950F212955
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A385 in Torbay, 27 May 1994
25 m awayRef 199450F211247
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A385 in Torbay, 10 December 1993
25 m awayRef 199350F213082
Slight
JCB crash on an unclassified road in Torbay, 23 March 2001
25 m awayRef 200150F211934
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A385 in Torbay, 19 July 1998
45 m awayRef 199850F214107
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A385 in Torbay, 3 April 1993
58 m awayRef 199350F210693
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Audi A3)
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 2017500212873 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.