A380 crash in Teignbridge on 24 August 2018 at 11:20 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a car were involved in a crash on the A380 in Teignbridge at 11:20 on Friday 24 August 2018. The 42-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Aug 2018
- Friday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.64503, longitude -3.54153, in the EX6 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kenn Valley, Teignbridge, EX6 7XA area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500323899
- 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
- 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
- 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, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 October 2003.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 30 October 2003
31 m awayRef 200350D21N466
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 15 January 2020
84 m awayRef 2020500923501
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 26 June 2007
86 m awayRef 200750F44H170
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 1 August 1998
90 m awayRef 199850D214495
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 27 January 1998
105 m awayRef 199850D210529
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A380 in Exeter, 27 March 2004
121 m awayRef 200450D21D983
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2018500323899 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.