A381 crash in Teignbridge on 23 December 2002 at 15:10 involving a Ford Transit
A Ford Transit and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A381 in Teignbridge at 15:10 on Monday 23 December 2002. The 57-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris and a 57-year-old male passenger in the Toyota Yaris were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2002
- Monday, 15:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.52603, longitude -3.59786, in the TQ12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Abbot. It is one of the crashes that make up the Buckland & Milber, Teignbridge, TQ12 4AY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200250F417735
- 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
- 381
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 May 1982.
Serious
Car crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 7 May 1982
10 m awayRef 198250K830585
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 13 April 1988
10 m awayRef 198850F410642
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 9 February 2010
10 m awayRef 201050JN2J003
Slight
Honda CBF600N crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 17 March 2009
10 m awayRef 200950JN2J005
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 4 July 2022
10 m awayRef 2022501223459
Slight
Suzuki crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 20 November 2002
10 m awayRef 200250F417015
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200250F417735 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 2002.