A38 crash in Teignbridge on 7 August 2007 at 15:14 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a car were involved in a crash on the A38 in Teignbridge at 15:14 on Tuesday 7 August 2007. The 59-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Aug 2007
- Tuesday, 15:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.48714, longitude -3.76825, in the TQ11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashburton & Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, TQ11 0DY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200750F45J586
- 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
- 38
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 384
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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 April 2005.
Slight
Citroen Berlingo crash on the A384 in the South Hams, 2 April 2005
20 m awayRef 200550F51E163
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 6 January 2006
20 m awayRef 200650F51A196
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A384 in Teignbridge, 15 March 1994
22 m awayRef 199450F450574
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B3380 in the South Hams, 26 February 2016
24 m awayRef 2016500051007
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 2 November 2015
38 m awayRef 201550JA2C010
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 8 April 1995
40 m awayRef 199550F450628
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,795 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 59 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 200750F45J586 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 2007.