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Unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ1 on 11 November 2018 at 19:00 involving a Seat Leon

A Seat Leon and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 19:00 on Sunday 11 November 2018. The 31-year-old female driver of the Seat Leon and the 50-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Passat were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Nov 2018
Sunday, 19:00
Vehicles
2
Seat Leon and Volkswagen Passat
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.47835, longitude -3.54605, in the TQ1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tormohun, Torbay, TQ2 7NT area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018500802832
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 2020.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seat Leon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering roundabout
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

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 2018500802832 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 2018.