Serious A379 crash in Teignbridge on 13 July 2016 at 16:22 involving a Mazda 3
A motorcycle and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the A379 in Teignbridge at 16:22 on Wednesday 13 July 2016. A 22-year-old female passenger on the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Jul 2016
- Wednesday, 16:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Mazda 3
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.617, longitude -3.45568, in the EX6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500160713
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 27 June 2016.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 27 June 2016
At the same spotRef 2016500085490
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 23 July 2001
10 m awayRef 200150F434461
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 30 April 1987
24 m awayRef 198750F430704
Serious
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 9 September 1981
24 m awayRef 198150K861275
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 8 June 1995
36 m awayRef 199550F431024
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 11 March 2020
47 m awayRef 2020500947151
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,255 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2016500160713 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.