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A386 crash in West Devon on 5 October 2000 at 11:05 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 and a Volvo 340 were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 11:05 on Thursday 5 October 2000. A 74-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 340 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Oct 2000
Thursday, 11:05
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 405 and Volvo 340
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70716, longitude -4.06178, in the EX20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200050C532631
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
386
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 June 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 340

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 340)

    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 200050C532631 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 2000.