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A380 crash in Teignbridge on 14 December 2000 at 09:20 involving an Iveco van

An Iveco van and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A380 in Teignbridge at 09:20 on Thursday 14 December 2000. The 37-year-old male driver of the Iveco van was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 2000
Thursday, 09:20
Vehicles
2
Iveco and Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.55689, longitude -3.59015, 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
200050F417036
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 May 2009.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Lay-by or hard shoulder
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    10,964 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Iveco)

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 200050F417036 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 2000.