A379 crash in Teignbridge on 4 April 1983 at 12:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A379 in Teignbridge at 12:10 on Monday 4 April 1983. The 34-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and a 10-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were 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
- 4 Apr 1983
- Monday, 12:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54789, longitude -3.50764, in the TQ14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Teignmouth.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198350F420583
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2017.
Slight
KTM 125 Duke crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 18 October 2017
7 m awayRef 2017500234949
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 14 February 2025
7 m awayRef 2025501554503
Serious
BMW 2 Series crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 23 July 2022
9 m awayRef 2022501229491
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 21 June 1998
10 m awayRef 199850F423461
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 22 December 1986
10 m awayRef 198650F422228
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 1 February 2014
13 m awayRef 201450JG3M002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 198350F420583 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 1983.