A379 crash in Teignbridge on 13 June 1981 at 11:20 involving a van
A van and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A379 in Teignbridge at 11:20 on Saturday 13 June 1981. The 37-year-old female rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Jun 1981
- Saturday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Van and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54863, longitude -3.49256, in the TQ14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Teignmouth.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198150K860782
- Council area
- Teignbridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 379
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 2004.
Slight
Audi A6 crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 14 December 2004
At the same spotRef 200450F42R687
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 18 October 1986
10 m awayRef 198650F421714
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 21 August 2014
15 m awayRef 201450JG3N022
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 11 August 2012
15 m awayRef 201250JG3N009
Serious
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 12 June 1988
20 m awayRef 198850F421045
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 1 October 1987
20 m awayRef 198750F421850
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightFemale, aged 37, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 198150K860782 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Teignbridge road accident statistics for 1981.