{"id":627310,"date":"2026-06-08T09:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/627310\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T09:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:53:13","slug":"a380-paignton-clears-after-motorbike-crash-causes-rush-hour-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/627310\/","title":{"rendered":"A380 Paignton clears after motorbike crash causes rush hour delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A380\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_7434GIF.gif\"\/><\/p>\n<p>LIVE EVENT ENDEDUpdated 29 mins ago<\/p>\n<p>Drivers faced delays in both directions<\/p>\n<p>A380(Image: Google )<\/p>\n<p>Updated 10:21, 08 Jun 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A major A-road in Devon was blocked at rush hour after a reported motorbike crash this morning (Monday, June 8).<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The A380 Kings Ash Road was blocked southbound after a &#8220;car and bike crash&#8221; near Paignton, with traffic slow in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Roads and traffic monitoring site, Inrix, reported the crash at 7.59am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It said: &#8220;A380 Kings Ash Road Southbound blocked, queueing traffic due to accident, a motorcycle and a car involved from Colley End Road to Waterleat Road. Also slowing opposite side due to onlookers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson for Devon and Cornwall Police said officers were called to the scene after reports of a crash on &#8220;Kings Ash Road, Paignton, involving motorcycle and car&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">However, when police arrived there was &#8220;no sign of a crash&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Traffic in the area cleared just before 10am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Send us information or pictures if it is safe to do so <a aria-label=\"hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thisisexeter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Today10:13 BST<\/p>\n<p>A380 clears A380 KINGS ASH ROAD &#8211; PAIGNTON &#8211; SOUTHBOUND &#8211; DEVON Road cleared and traffic easing, accident cleared on A380 Kings Ash Road Southbound from Colley End Road to Waterleat Road.<\/p>\n<p>Today09:49 BST<\/p>\n<p>Police attended the scene <\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police officers were called to the scene but found &#8220;no sign of any crash&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Today09:31 BST<\/p>\n<p>Inrix latest A380 KINGS ASH ROAD &#8211; PAIGNTON &#8211; SOUTHBOUND &#8211; DEVON A380 Kings Ash Road Southbound partially blocked, queueing traffic due to accident, a motorcycle and a car involved from Colley End Road to Waterleat Road.<\/p>\n<p>Today09:10 BST<\/p>\n<p>Inrix latestA380 KINGS ASH ROAD &#8211; PAIGNTON &#8211; SOUTHBOUND &#8211; DEVON A380 Kings Ash Road Southbound partially blocked, queueing traffic due to accident, a motorcycle and a car involved from Colley End Road to Waterleat Road.<\/p>\n<p>Today09:02 BST<\/p>\n<p>Blocked A380A380 KINGS ASH ROAD &#8211; PAIGNTON &#8211; SOUTHBOUND &#8211; DEVON A380 Kings Ash Road Southbound partially blocked, queueing traffic due to accident, a motorcycle and a car involved from Colley End Road to Waterleat Road.<\/p>\n<p>Today08:50 BST<\/p>\n<p>A380 remains blocked A380 KINGS ASH ROAD &#8211; PAIGNTON &#8211; SOUTHBOUND &#8211; DEVON A380 Kings Ash Road Southbound partially blocked, queueing traffic due to accident, a motorcycle and a car involved from Colley End Road to Waterleat Road.<\/p>\n<p>Today08:44 BST<\/p>\n<p>Inrix latest A380 KINGS ASH ROAD &#8211; PAIGNTON &#8211; SOUTHBOUND &#8211; DEVON A380 Kings Ash Road Southbound partially blocked, queueing traffic due to accident, a motorcycle and a car involved from Colley End Road to Waterleat Road.<\/p>\n<p>Today08:34 BST<\/p>\n<p>Reported motorbike crash A380 KINGS ASH ROAD &#8211; PAIGNTON &#8211; SOUTHBOUND &#8211; DEVON A380 Kings Ash Road Southbound partially blocked, queueing traffic due to accident, a motorcycle and a car involved from Colley End Road to Waterleat Road.<\/p>\n<p>Today08:29 BST<\/p>\n<p>A380 blocked A380 KINGS ASH ROAD &#8211; PAIGNTON &#8211; SOUTHBOUND &#8211; DEVON A380 Kings Ash Road Southbound partially blocked, queueing traffic due to accident, a motorcycle and a car involved from Colley End Road to Waterleat Road.<\/p>\n<p>Today08:22 BST<\/p>\n<p>Traffic in the area <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A380 traffic\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_8356.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"A380 traffic\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A380 traffic(Image: Google )<\/p>\n<p>Today08:21 BST<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more of the stories you love from DevonLive?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Making us your preferred source on Google means you\u2019ll get more of our exclusives, top stories and must-read content straight away. To add DevonLive as a preferred source, simply <a aria-label=\"click hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=devonlive.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.Or <a aria-label=\"read moreLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.devonlive.com\/news\/devon-news\/more-devonlive-exclusives--sign-10712197\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">read more<\/a> about selecting your preferred sources.<\/p>\n<p>Today08:21 BST<\/p>\n<p>Rush hour crash A380 KINGS ASH ROAD &#8211; PAIGNTON &#8211; SOUTHBOUND &#8211; DEVON A380 Kings Ash Road Southbound blocked, queueing traffic due to accident, a motorcycle and a car involved from Colley End Road to Waterleat Road.Also slowing opposite side due to onlookers.Follow Devon Live:<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n<p>\u200c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIVE EVENT ENDEDUpdated 29 mins ago Drivers faced delays in both directions A380(Image: Google ) Updated 10:21, 08&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":627311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,22531,2888,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-627310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-paignton","tag-traffic-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=627310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/627310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/627311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=627310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=627310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=627310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}