A38 crash in Teignbridge on 13 December 1986 at 13:45 involving a car
A car crashed on the A38 in Teignbridge at 13:45 on Saturday 13 December 1986. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 1986
- Saturday, 13:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.53697, longitude -3.71248, in the TQ12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198650F452177
- Council area
- Teignbridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 May 1998.
Slight
Austin Montego crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 2 May 1998
10 m awayRef 199850F452704
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 21 July 2022
19 m awayRef 2022501201289
Serious
Car crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 21 October 1983
20 m awayRef 198350F452185
Serious
Citroen C5 crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 2 December 2005
22 m awayRef 200550F45P834
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 12 February 1979
40 m awayRef 197950G850102
Serious
HGV crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 13 January 2003
41 m awayRef 200350F45A314
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 198650F452177 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 1986.