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Serious C road crash in Teignbridge EX6 on 24 February 1999 at 19:31 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a car were involved in a crash on a C road in Teignbridge at 19:31 on Wednesday 24 February 1999. The 35-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Feb 1999
Wednesday, 19:31
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73453, longitude -3.68501, in the EX6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199950D211121
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Other
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 December 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, 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 199950D211121 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 1999.