A386 crash in West Devon on 13 October 1993 at 07:35 involving a Renault 12
A Renault 12 and a Renault 25 were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 07:35 on Wednesday 13 October 1993. The 21-year-old male driver of the Renault 12, the 48-year-old male driver of the Renault 25 and a 15-year-old female passenger in the Renault 25 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Oct 1993
- Wednesday, 07:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault 12 and Renault 25
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.53917, longitude -4.14908, in the PL19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199350E612929
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 386
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 August 2025.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A386 in West Devon, 1 August 2025
4 m awayRef 2025501624113
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A386 in West Devon, 3 January 2001
20 m awayRef 200150E610022
Serious
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 22 October 1988
28 m awayRef 198850E611924
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A386 in West Devon, 25 January 2000
41 m awayRef 200050E610211
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A386 in West Devon, 14 December 2015
43 m awayRef 201550JT2W005
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A386 in West Devon, 1 July 2025
46 m awayRef 2025501610124
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault 12
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,289 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Renault 25
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,165 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 12)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 25)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 25)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 199350E612929 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 1993.