A379 crash in Teignbridge on 23 July 2018 at 17:30 involving a car
A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A379 in Teignbridge at 17:30 on Monday 23 July 2018. The 54-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2018
- Monday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.5407, longitude -3.50947, in the TQ14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Shaldon. It is one of the crashes that make up the Shaldon & Stokeinteignhead, Teignbridge, TQ14 0BP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500316098
- 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
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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 slight injury crash on 4 May 1988.
Slight
Bus crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 4 May 1988
6 m awayRef 198850F420792
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 15 November 2006
6 m awayRef 200650F42O365
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 25 October 1980
16 m awayRef 198050K861485
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 10 May 2002
17 m awayRef 200250F422775
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 25 July 1985
26 m awayRef 198550F421368
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B3199 in Teignbridge, 25 February 1998
35 m awayRef 199850F421077
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 54, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2018500316098 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 2018.