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Fatal B3232 crash in Torridge on 6 August 1990 at 07:10 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina crashed on the B3232 in Torridge at 07:10 on Monday 6 August 1990. The 48-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
6 Aug 1990
Monday, 07:10
Vehicles
1
Ford Cortina
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00101, longitude -4.09923, in the EX31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050C430819
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3232
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 132 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 January 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

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 199050C430819 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 1990.