A380 crash in Teignbridge on 27 September 2006 at 16:14 involving an Audi A3
Four vehicles, including a car and an Audi A3, were involved in a crash on the A380 in Teignbridge at 16:14 on Wednesday 27 September 2006. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Sep 2006
- Wednesday, 16:14
- Vehicles
- 4
- Audi A3 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.60731, longitude -3.55298, in the TQ13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200650F43L985
- 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
- 380
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 November 2017.
Slight
Honda VFR800F crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 27 November 2017
13 m awayRef 2017500248717
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 26 March 2021
22 m awayRef 2021501038081
Slight
Audi Q2 crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 21 November 2025
70 m awayRef 2025501674380
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 17 June 1996
71 m awayRef 199650F441151
Slight
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 11 May 2019
85 m awayRef 2019500867562
Slight
Car crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 10 December 2008
108 m awayRef 200850JC2B028
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Tigra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,389 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Vauxhall Tigra)
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 200650F43L985 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 2006.