RTCs on Elm Grove Road

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/007125/I

 Version Date: 29/10/2024

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Data Source                                                            

Force road traffic collision (RTC) recording system - Accsmap and CRASH                                                                      

Data Processing:                                                              

Qlikview Road Traffic Collisions Report                                                              

Mapped all collisions to XD Client mapping software                                                               

Filtered by date in Microsoft Excel: 01/10/2022 -03/10/2024                                                            

Data Caveats/Limitations:                                                                                   

There is a possibility that data from mid-January 2018 onwards is incomplete due to problems with the Collisions data we have been receiving.                                                                                                                                                         

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)  A driver has failed to comply fully with the statutory requirements of the Road Traffic Act, e.g. fail to stop; exchange details

(b)  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.

(c) An offence is apparent - i.e. the driver has been arrested for excess alcohol"                                                              

Please could you let me know the number of road traffic incidents that have occurred on Elm Grove Road, Dawlish, EX7 0BY (particularly in the vicinity of Dawlish College) over the past two years.

I would like to know the times and dates, whether anybody involved was a pedestrian under the age of 18, and the severity of the incident.