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Unclassified road crash in Teignbridge TQ13 on 27 December 2019 at 19:20 involving a Citroen C1

A Citroen C1 crashed on an unclassified road in Teignbridge at 19:20 on Friday 27 December 2019. The 20-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine but windy weather on a wet slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Dec 2019
Friday, 19:20
Vehicles
1
Citroen C1
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.51399, longitude -3.75208, in the TQ13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ashburton & Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, TQ13 7AJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Teignbridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019500922372
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Slip road
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
Fine with 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, 5 metres away, was a fatal crash on 4 August 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)

    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    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 2019500922372 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.