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A379 crash in Teignbridge on 15 October 1990 at 15:25 involving a Ford Escort van

A Ford Escort van and a Talbot Alpine were involved in a crash on the A379 in Teignbridge at 15:25 on Monday 15 October 1990. The 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort van and the 69-year-old male driver of the Talbot Alpine were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Oct 1990
Monday, 15:25
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Talbot Alpine
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.6872, longitude -3.52881, in the EX2 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050D212040
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 12 June 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,608 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Talbot Alpine

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    1,592 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Talbot Alpine)

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 199050D212040 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Teignbridge road accident statistics for 1990.