CARAVANS have been involved in 52 collisions in Devon and Cornwall in the past three years, a Freedom of Information Request to the police has revealed.
The figures show that 21 of the 52 collisions took place on ‘unclassified’ roads in the region, while nearly half of the incidents took place between May and August.
However, the data only records incidents in which there has either been an offence committed, allegations of an offence have been made, other emergency services were called to the scene of the collision, or it was a single vehicle collision where it had lost control.
Of the collisions, a further four took place on the A30, three of the M5, four on the A39, while six happened on the A38.
June 2016 was the month that saw the highest number of collisions, five, while there were four in May 2016 and May 2018.
The table below shows collisions involving caravans from August 2015 to July 2018, including the collision road. The involvement in the collision does not indicate fault on behalf of the caravan owner
Month / Year
Road
Aug-2015
A379
Sep-2015
A39
Nov-2015
Unclassified
Mar-2016
A38
May-2016
A386
May-2016
Unclassified
May-2016
A390
May-2016
A38
Jun-2016
A39
Jun-2016
A377
Jun-2016
Unclassified
Jun-2016
A30
Jun-2016
A30
Jul-2016
Unclassified
Aug-2016
Unclassified
Aug-2016
A30
Aug-2016
Unclassified
Sep-2016
A70
Oct-2016
B3181
Oct-2016
A38
Oct-2016
Unclassified
Nov-2016
M5
Nov-2016
Unclassified
Dec-2016
Unclassified
Mar-2017
Unclassified
Mar-2017
A38
Apr-2017
A39
Apr-2017
Unclassified
May-2017
Unclassified
Jun-2017
A380
Jun-2017
Unclassified
Jun-2017
A3071
Aug-2017
A361
Aug-2017
Unclassified
Aug-2017
Unclassified
Sep-2017
A30
Oct-2017
A386
Nov-2017
A39
Nov-2017
B3269
Nov-2017
B3196
Jan-2018
A30
Mar-2018
Unclassified
Mar-2018
Unclassified
Mar-2018
M5
Apr-2018
Unclassified
Apr-2018
Unclassified
May-2018
A38
May-2018
Unclassified
May-2018
M5
May-2018
A38
Jun-2018
Unclassified
Jun-2018
M5
Total
52 Collisions
Please note, that from 1st January 2008 –
Damage only Road Traffic Collisions (RTCs) will not be recorded unless there is a clear and specified purpose for doing so, specifically:
Section 170 RTA 1988 not complied with (fail to stop)
Police vehicle involved
Other emergency services vehicle responding to an incident are involved
The collision is one that provides a realistic prospect of securing a conviction against one of the drivers (Threshold Test aspect of the Full Code Test for Crown Prosecutors’)
Single vehicle loss of control
Also note that from March 2010 –
Non-injury road traffic collisions will not be recorded or investigated unless one or more of the following conditions apply:
A driver has failed to comply fully with the statutory requirements of the Road Traffic Act, e.g. fail to stop; exchange details
Allegations have been made at the scene and/or the attending officer considers that there is sufficient corroborated evidence about the manner of driving to prove an offence.
An offence is apparent – i.e. the driver has been arrested for excess alcohol”
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