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Serious A382 crash in Teignbridge on 25 July 2017 at 22:24 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A382 in Teignbridge at 22:24 on Tuesday 25 July 2017. The 34-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Jul 2017
Tuesday, 22:24
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Golf and Audi A4
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.5443, longitude -3.62845, in the TQ12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017500207212
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
382
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,391 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    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 2017500207212 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 2017.