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A390 crash in Torbay on 20 July 2018 at 11:44 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A390 in Torbay at 11:44 on Friday 20 July 2018. The 64-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 50 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jul 2018
Friday, 11:44
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford Focus
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.48665, longitude -3.57147, in the TQ2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shiphay, Torbay, TQ2 7JA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torbay

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018500321782
Council area
Torbay
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
390
Road type
Slip road
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 July 2021.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

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 2018500321782 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 2018.