A30 crash in Teignbridge on 21 November 2011 at 21:51 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the A30 in Teignbridge at 21:51 on Monday 21 November 2011. A 17-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and a 30-year-old male passenger in the Honda Civic were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Nov 2011
- Monday, 21:51
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72942, longitude -3.69158, in the EX6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150JC4P010
- 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
- 30
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 96 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 April 1991.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A30 in Teignbridge, 25 April 1991
96 m awayRef 199150D210743
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A30 in Teignbridge, 8 September 1998
116 m awayRef 199850D215417
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A30 in West Devon, 28 October 2000
151 m awayRef 200050C515996
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A30 in Teignbridge, 21 October 2013
160 m awayRef 201350JC4P005
Slight
BMW 7 Series crash on the A30 in Teignbridge, 30 September 1997
175 m awayRef 199750D213637
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A30 in Teignbridge, 9 August 1997
226 m awayRef 199750D212722
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,199 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Honda Civic
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)
- 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 201150JC4P010 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.