A38 crash in Teignbridge on 22 August 2016 at 17:55 involving a Suzuki SX4
A Suzuki SX4, a Vauxhall Corsa and a Peugeot 107 were involved in a crash on the A38 in Teignbridge at 17:55 on Monday 22 August 2016. The 19-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 107 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2016
- Monday, 17:55
- Vehicles
- 3
- Suzuki SX4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.61919, longitude -3.58579, 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
- 2016500123741
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- 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, 12 metres away, was a fatal crash on 16 September 2015.
Fatal
Ford Focus crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 16 September 2015
12 m awayRef 201550JC2B008
Serious
Car crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 16 August 1981
17 m awayRef 198150J880781
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 22 August 2008
24 m awayRef 200850JC2B016
Slight
Mercedes E Class crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 19 May 2009
34 m awayRef 200950JC2B011
Slight
Vauxhall Movano crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 28 March 2012
71 m awayRef 201250JC2B007
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A38 in Teignbridge, 17 October 2007
106 m awayRef 200750F44M271
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SX4
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 107
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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 107)
- 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 2016500123741 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.