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Serious A379 crash in Teignbridge on 24 November 1996 at 13:02 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A379 in Teignbridge at 13:02 on Sunday 24 November 1996. The 60-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured and a 92-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 54-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Nov 1996
Sunday, 13:02
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.60491, longitude -3.46523, in the EX7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650F432436
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 2010.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,588 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 92, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 199650F432436 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.