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A380 crash in Torbay on 9 December 1998 at 21:15 involving a Renault Megane

A Renault Megane and a car were involved in a crash on the A380 in Torbay at 21:15 on Wednesday 9 December 1998. A 13-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 60 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 1998
Wednesday, 21:15
Vehicles
2
Renault Megane and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45686, longitude -3.5904, in the TQ3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850F217483
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
380
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 June 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Megane

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    33 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)

    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 199850F217483 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 1998.