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A384 crash in Teignbridge on 8 September 2000 at 17:55 involving a Rover Montego

A Rover Montego and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A384 in Teignbridge at 17:55 on Friday 8 September 2000. A 3-year-old female passenger in the Rover Montego and the 35-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Sep 2000
Friday, 17:55
Vehicles
2
Rover Montego and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.48628, longitude -3.77161, in the TQ11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Buckfastleigh.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200050F454779
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
384
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2022.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    43 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,299 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Montego)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 200050F454779 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.