A30 crash in Teignbridge on 18 July 2016 at 03:02 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the A30 in Teignbridge at 03:02 on Monday 18 July 2016. The 61-year-old male driver and a female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 2016
- Monday, 03:02
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72337, longitude -3.62074, in the EX4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500108767
- 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
- 70 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a fatal crash on 14 November 2025.
Fatal
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A30 in Teignbridge, 14 November 2025
32 m awayRef 2025501668770
Slight
Renault Trucks crash on the A30 in Teignbridge, 1 March 2011
48 m awayRef 201150JC4O002
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in Teignbridge, 26 October 1985
102 m awayRef 198550D212036
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A30 in Teignbridge, 24 July 1997
103 m awayRef 199750D212512
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the A30 in Teignbridge, 7 February 2011
105 m awayRef 201150JC4O001
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Teignbridge, 4 June 1980
150 m awayRef 198050J920546
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
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 2016500108767 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 2016.