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A380 crash in Teignbridge on 18 January 2016 at 08:40 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A380 in Teignbridge at 08:40 on Monday 18 January 2016. The 22-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and the 48-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on an icy dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jan 2016
Monday, 08:40
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.65522, longitude -3.54225, in the EX6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kenn Valley, Teignbridge, EX6 7YW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201650JC4U004
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
380
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Frost or ice

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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 201650JC4U004 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.