Collisions in Budleigh Salterton
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/7337
Version Date: 16/12/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Data Processing:
Force road traffic collision (RTC) recording system - Accsmap and CRASH
Qlikview Report: Road Traffic Collisions
Filtered by date: November 1st 2014 to October 31st 2024
All data exported and mapped for relevance
Data mapped to the Police Boundary, Beat Code KE3G
Data Limitations
Data is reliant on accurate recording of eastings and northings.
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 not 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"
Please may you share the number of Road Traffic Accidents that have happened each year over the past 10 years:
1) in Budleigh Salterton as a whole.
2) on Marine Parade in Budleigh Salterton.
|
Year |
No. of collisions in Budleigh Salterton |
No. of collisions on Marine Parade |
|
2014* |
2 |
|
|
2015 |
8 |
1 |
|
2016 |
6 |
|
|
2017 |
6 |
|
|
2018 |
3 |
|
|
2019 |
8 |
|
|
2020 |
8 |
|
|
2021 |
5 |
|
|
2022 |
6 |
1 |
|
2023 |
10 |
3 |
|
2024** |
14 |
|
|
Total |
76 |
5 |
*2014 consists of November 1st to December 31st
**2024 consists of January 1st to October 31st
Please may you also share any risk assessment you have made regarding Road Traffic Accidents in Budleigh Salterton.
The Head of Road Safety has confirmed the Force do not hold any risk assessment for Budleigh Salterton