A383 crash in Teignbridge on 12 September 1994 at 07:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A383 in Teignbridge at 07:45 on Monday 12 September 1994. The 26-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Sep 1994
- Monday, 07:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Austin Metro
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.53312, longitude -3.62965, in the TQ12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Abbot.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199450F412101
- Council area
- Teignbridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 383
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 2019.
Slight
Subaru Forester crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 9 July 2019
26 m awayRef 2019500877158
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 10 May 2023
28 m awayRef 2023501305996
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 16 May 2018
28 m awayRef 2018500296930
Slight
Car crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 4 November 1981
32 m awayRef 198150K831553
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 28 September 1994
82 m awayRef 199450F412231
Serious
Lorry crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 6 August 1987
85 m awayRef 198750F411426
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Austin Metro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 199450F412101 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 1994.