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Fatal A380 crash in Teignbridge on 14 December 1985 at 17:30 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A380 in Teignbridge at 17:30 on Saturday 14 December 1985. The 15-year-old male cyclist was killed and the 69-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
14 Dec 1985
Saturday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
2
1 killed, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.5116, longitude -3.58561, in the TQ12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550F412461
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
380
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    69 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    15 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Cyclist

    Fatal

    Male, aged 15, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198550F412461 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 1985.