A379 crash in Teignbridge on 30 November 2011 at 18:22 involving a Peugeot 106
A Peugeot 106 and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A379 in Teignbridge at 18:22 on Wednesday 30 November 2011. The 63-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2011
- Wednesday, 18:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 106 and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.57093, longitude -3.47325, in the EX7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dawlish.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150JG2A008
- 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
- 379
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining with 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 June 2010.
Slight
Seat Arosa crash on the B3199 in Teignbridge, 21 June 2010
11 m awayRef 201050JG2A011
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 18 September 1985
13 m awayRef 198550F431842
Slight
Renault Espace crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 23 April 2013
18 m awayRef 201350JG2A005
Serious
Van crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 19 September 1985
21 m awayRef 198550F431974
Slight
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the B3199 in Teignbridge, 1 August 1994
29 m awayRef 199450F432315
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 30 September 2005
35 m awayRef 200550F43M534
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 106
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- 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
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
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 201150JG2A008 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.