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Unclassified road crash in Teignbridge TQ13 on 30 September 1990 at 10:30 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Datsun Cherry were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge at 10:30 on Sunday 30 September 1990. A 72-year-old female passenger in the Datsun Cherry, the 18-year-old female driver of the Ford Cortina and a 68-year-old female passenger in the Ford Cortina were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Sep 1990
Sunday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Datsun Cherry
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54955, longitude -3.77279, in the TQ13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050F451843
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 85 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Datsun Cherry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Datsun Cherry)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

    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 199050F451843 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.