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Serious C road crash in Teignbridge TQ13 on 11 May 1995 at 07:30 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and a Leyland bus were involved in a crash on a C road in Teignbridge at 07:30 on Thursday 11 May 1995. The 52-year-old male driver of the Leyland bus was seriously injured and the 23-year-old male driver of the Nissan Sunny and a 17-year-old female passenger in the Leyland bus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 May 1995
Thursday, 07:30
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and Leyland
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.50901, longitude -3.76563, in the TQ13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ashburton.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550F450824
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 23 February 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,270 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Leyland

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    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
    52 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    21 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Leyland)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 199550F450824 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 1995.