A379 crash in Teignbridge on 6 October 2017 at 08:35 involving a Mini Cooper
A Mini Cooper and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A379 in Teignbridge at 08:35 on Friday 6 October 2017. The 39-year-old female cyclist was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Oct 2017
- Friday, 08:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Cooper and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.6894, longitude -3.50474, in the EX6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kenn Valley, Teignbridge, EX2 0AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500235990
- Council area
- Teignbridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
- 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 July 2011.
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 3 July 2011
6 m awayRef 201150JC4V014
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 1 August 2019
7 m awayRef 2019500883513
Slight
Citroen Relay crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 1 July 2025
8 m awayRef 2025501609987
Slight
Austin Metro crash on a C road in Teignbridge, 17 June 1998
10 m awayRef 199850D213421
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 27 August 2002
10 m awayRef 200250D215347
Fatal
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 20 October 1983
10 m awayRef 198350D212012
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Lane or location
- Cycle lane (on main carriageway)
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightFemale, aged 39, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
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 2017500235990 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.