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A380 crash in Teignbridge on 3 December 1998 at 19:04 involving a Fiat Cinquecento

A vehicle and a Fiat Cinquecento were involved in a crash on the A380 in Teignbridge at 19:04 on Thursday 3 December 1998. The 29-year-old female driver of the Fiat Cinquecento was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Dec 1998
Thursday, 19:04
Vehicles
2
Other vehicle and Fiat Cinquecento
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.62642, longitude -3.54748, in the EX6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850F447574
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
Single 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 63 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Cinquecento)

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 199850F447574 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 1998.