A380 crash in Teignbridge on 7 October 2019 at 06:20 involving a Mercedes CLS Class
A Mercedes CLS Class crashed on the A380 in Teignbridge at 06:20 on Monday 7 October 2019. The 30-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Oct 2019
- Monday, 06:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mercedes CLS Class
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.56011, longitude -3.59371, in the TQ12 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsteignton West, Teignbridge, TQ12 3NT area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500894797
- 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
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 June 2017.
Serious
BMW 3 Series crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 4 June 2017
15 m awayRef 2017500197538
Slight
Smart Forfour crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 5 February 2018
26 m awayRef 2018500269321
Fatal
Lorry crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 21 April 1993
26 m awayRef 199350F410830
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 27 October 2002
54 m awayRef 200250F416768
Slight
Renault Scenic crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 18 September 2016
59 m awayRef 2016500115950
Slight
Volvo crash on the A380 in Teignbridge, 23 December 2009
63 m awayRef 200950JN2K026
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes CLS Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,143 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes CLS Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most 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 2019500894797 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.