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C road crash in Torbay TQ1 on 19 November 1996 at 10:25 involving an Iveco-Ford bus

An Iveco-Ford bus crashed on a C road in Torbay at 10:25 on Tuesday 19 November 1996. A 70-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Nov 1996
Tuesday, 10:25
Vehicles
1
Iveco-Ford
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.46933, longitude -3.53192, in the TQ1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torquay.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650F312374
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 September 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years
    Engine capacity
    2,499 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Alighting

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 199650F312374 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 1996.