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A38 crash in Teignbridge on 30 April 2010 at 15:20 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Hyundai Amica were involved in a crash on the A38 in Teignbridge at 15:20 on Friday 30 April 2010. The 18-year-old female driver of the Hyundai Amica, a 19-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai Amica and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Hyundai Amica were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Apr 2010
Friday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Hyundai Amica
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.6194, longitude -3.58378, in the TQ13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chudleigh, Teignbridge, TQ13 0AF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201050JC2B009
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
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3344

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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Hyundai Amica

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Amica)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Amica)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Hyundai Amica)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 201050JC2B009 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.