A377 crash in North Devon on 5 May 2001 at 18:05 involving a Chrysler
A Chrysler and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A377 in North Devon at 18:05 on Saturday 5 May 2001. The 52-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 May 2001
- Saturday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Chrysler and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05144, longitude -4.0465, in the EX32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150C212656
- Council area
- North 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
- 377
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 December 2009.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A377 in North Devon, 16 December 2009
10 m awayRef 200950CB2J009
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in North Devon, 27 January 1984
10 m awayRef 198450C210028
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A377 in North Devon, 11 August 2014
51 m awayRef 201450CB2J009
Slight
Yamaha Jog R crash on the A377 in North Devon, 9 November 2004
81 m awayRef 200450C21Q033
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A377 in North Devon, 29 November 2025
81 m awayRef 2025501676083
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A377 in North Devon, 22 February 2010
85 m awayRef 201050CB2J002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Chrysler
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 200150C212656 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 2001.