A381 crash in Teignbridge on 17 January 2019 at 08:13 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia, a Ford Fiesta and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A381 in Teignbridge at 08:13 on Thursday 17 January 2019. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 44-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jan 2019
- Thursday, 08:13
- Vehicles
- 3
- Skoda Octavia and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.50104, longitude -3.62826, in the TQ12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500814950
- 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
- 381
- 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
- A
- Second road number
- 381
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2008.
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 12 June 2008
4 m awayRef 200850JN2J005
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 6 January 2004
7 m awayRef 200450F41A249
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 14 February 2007
7 m awayRef 200750F41B649
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 11 November 2003
7 m awayRef 200350F41N570
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 27 March 1985
7 m awayRef 198550F410460
Serious
Triumph Tiger crash on the A381 in Teignbridge, 22 October 2023
10 m awayRef 2023501367110
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mercedes Sprinter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes Sprinter)
- 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 2019500814950 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 2019.