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A379 crash in Torbay on 20 December 1986 at 14:55 involving a bus or coach

A bus or coach and a taxi were involved in a crash on the A379 in Torbay at 14:55 on Saturday 20 December 1986. The 44-year-old male driver of the taxi was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Dec 1986
Saturday, 14:55
Vehicles
2
Bus or coach and taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.46878, longitude -3.53317, in the TQ2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198650F312225
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 October 2015.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Hit object in carriageway
    Open door of vehicle
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

  • Vehicle 2: Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Taxi)

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 198650F312225 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 1986.