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A380 crash in Teignbridge on 25 November 1990 at 14:30 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Leyland Cars Mini were involved in a crash on the A380 in Teignbridge at 14:30 on Sunday 25 November 1990. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Leyland Cars Mini was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Nov 1990
Sunday, 14:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Leyland Cars Mini
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63919, longitude -3.54139, in the EX6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050D212340
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
380
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 15 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland Cars Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland Cars Mini)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 199050D212340 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.