A383 crash in Teignbridge on 13 March 2020 at 07:32 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A383 in Teignbridge at 07:32 on Friday 13 March 2020. The 57-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf and the 43-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Mar 2020
- Friday, 07:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54382, longitude -3.58949, in the TQ12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingsteignton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Kingsteignton East, Teignbridge, TQ12 3BY area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020500948699
- 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
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A383 in Teignbridge, 28 March 2013
5 m awayRef 201350JN2K006
Slight
Suzuki crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 15 August 1996
57 m awayRef 199650F411652
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 2 March 1995
73 m awayRef 199550F410388
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3193 in Teignbridge, 1 August 1988
101 m awayRef 198850F411567
Serious
Car crash on the B3193 in Teignbridge, 23 February 1988
101 m awayRef 198850F410426
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 8 October 2008
130 m awayRef 200850JN2K013
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2020500948699 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 2020.