Unclassified road crash in East Devon EX12 on 19 January 2001 at 15:38 involving a Bedford bus
A Bedford bus and two other vehicles were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Devon at 15:38 on Friday 19 January 2001. The 11-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 9-year-old female driver of vehicle 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jan 2001
- Friday, 15:38
- Vehicles
- 3
- Bedford and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70715, longitude -3.07262, in the EX12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Seaton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Seaton, East Devon, EX12 2AD area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150D340689
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2014.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3172 in East Devon, 15 May 2014
14 m awayRef 201450KN3H005
Slight
Car crash on the B3172 in East Devon, 29 January 2014
15 m awayRef 201450KN3H001
Fatal
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 2 April 2002
20 m awayRef 200250D341908
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 23 July 1999
22 m awayRef 199950D344744
Slight
Seat Inca crash on the B3172 in East Devon, 13 May 2003
32 m awayRef 200350D34E699
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 18 October 1997
63 m awayRef 199750D343841
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Bedford
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 8,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 11, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 9, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 3 (Other vehicle)
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 200150D340689 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 2001.