A383 crash in Teignbridge on 2 December 2019 at 21:35 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus crashed on the A383 in Teignbridge at 21:35 on Monday 2 December 2019. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Dec 2019
- Monday, 21:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.53677, longitude -3.64834, in the TQ12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Abbot.
Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500911337
- 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
- 383
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, street lights lit
- 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, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 October 1999.
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 7 October 1999
31 m awayRef 199950F415832
Serious
Car crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 11 November 1989
35 m awayRef 198950F412270
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 22 November 2005
35 m awayRef 200550F41P160
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 12 February 2003
46 m awayRef 200350F41B307
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 3 March 2025
55 m awayRef 2025501561327
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 12 August 2007
59 m awayRef 200750F41J485
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019500911337 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.