A38 crash in Teignbridge on 27 March 2010 at 15:39 involving a car
A car crashed on the A38 in Teignbridge at 15:39 on Saturday 27 March 2010. The 40-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Mar 2010
- Saturday, 15:39
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54375, longitude -3.69288, 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
- 201050JA2A002
- 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
- Dual 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
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 47 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 December 2024.
Slight
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 31 December 2024
47 m awayRef 2024501536439
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 12 December 1983
67 m awayRef 198350F452626
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 14 June 1997
122 m awayRef 199750F451206
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 6 April 1990
153 m awayRef 199050F450629
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 9 December 2000
170 m awayRef 200050F456839
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 1 November 2002
170 m awayRef 200250F456573
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 201050JA2A002 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 2010.