Serious A35 crash in East Devon on 16 December 2000 at 01:34 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205 hit two pedestrians on the A35 in East Devon at 01:34 on Saturday 16 December 2000. A 31-year-old male pedestrian and a 40-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 16 Dec 2000
- Saturday, 01:34
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 205
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79351, longitude -3.11801, in the EX14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200050D357038
- Council area
- East 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
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2022.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A35 in East Devon, 25 June 2022
9 m awayRef 2022501223205
Serious
Car crash on the A35 in East Devon, 22 April 1981
10 m awayRef 198150L780240
Slight
Iveco crash on the A35 in East Devon, 29 October 2013
36 m awayRef 201350KH2C005
Slight
Mitsubishi Lancer crash on the A35 in East Devon, 28 December 2019
37 m awayRef 2019500950936
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the A35 in East Devon, 19 March 2025
38 m awayRef 2025501566791
Slight
Mitsubishi Galant crash on the A35 in East Devon, 23 December 2011
53 m awayRef 201150KH2C002
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Hit object in carriageway
- Other object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SeriousFemale, aged 40, hit by vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
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 200050D357038 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 2000.