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Serious unclassified road crash in Torbay TQ5 on 7 May 1990 at 11:30 involving a Volkswagen Motor Caravan minibus

A Volkswagen Motor Caravan minibus and a Leyland Cars Mini were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torbay at 11:30 on Monday 7 May 1990. The 18-year-old male driver of the Leyland Cars Mini was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
7 May 1990
Monday, 11:30
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Motor Caravan and Leyland Cars Mini
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39617, longitude -3.50803, in the TQ5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Brixham.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050F270810
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 24 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 December 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Motor Caravan

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,585 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland Cars Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland Cars Mini)

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 199050F270810 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 1990.