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A380 crash in Teignbridge on 10 August 1996 at 17:30 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on the A380 in Teignbridge at 17:30 on Saturday 10 August 1996. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova 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
10 Aug 1996
Saturday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Vauxhall Nova
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.53966, longitude -3.58571, 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
199650F411650
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
380
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 December 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,196 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)

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 199650F411650 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 1996.