A379 crash in Teignbridge on 19 July 2020 at 08:01 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A379 in Teignbridge at 08:01 on Sunday 19 July 2020. The 27-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jul 2020
- Sunday, 08:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.57542, longitude -3.46963, in the EX7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dawlish. It is one of the crashes that make up the Dawlish South West, Teignbridge, EX7 9PB area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020500968309
- 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
- 379
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 April 2022.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 21 April 2022
2 m awayRef 2022501198280
Serious
Daihatsu Fourtrak crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 4 April 2013
4 m awayRef 201350JG2A003
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 22 July 2001
5 m awayRef 200150F434423
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 14 October 1982
5 m awayRef 198250K861572
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 25 December 2001
5 m awayRef 200150F438261
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the A379 in Teignbridge, 8 November 2003
9 m awayRef 200350F43N386
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 27, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- 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 2020500968309 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.