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Serious unclassified road crash in Torridge EX38 on 18 February 2006 at 02:17 involving a Volkswagen Polo

A Volkswagen Polo and an agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torridge at 02:17 on Saturday 18 February 2006. The 30-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Feb 2006
Saturday, 02:17
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Polo and agricultural vehicle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95266, longitude -4.089, in the EX38 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200650C43C345
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 219 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,272 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Agricultural vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Offside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 200650C43C345 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 2006.