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Fatal A38 crash in Teignbridge on 21 September 2011 at 09:39 involving a car

A car crashed on the A38 in Teignbridge at 09:39 on Wednesday 21 September 2011. The 41-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 Sep 2011
Wednesday, 09:39
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.60125, longitude -3.61488, in the TQ13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Chudleigh, Teignbridge, TQ13 0FB area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201150JC2B020
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
50 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 19 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 March 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 41, 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 201150JC2B020 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 2011.