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Serious C road crash in Teignbridge TQ12 on 10 January 1989 at 12:15 involving a van

A van and a lorry were involved in a crash on a C road in Teignbridge at 12:15 on Tuesday 10 January 1989. The 28-year-old male driver of the van was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Jan 1989
Tuesday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Van and lorry
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.48697, longitude -3.62369, in the TQ12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198950F410075
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 July 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

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

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 28, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

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 198950F410075 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 1989.