A3052 crash in East Devon on 8 April 2001 at 12:44 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series and a Volvo V40 were involved in a crash on the A3052 in East Devon at 12:44 on Sunday 8 April 2001. The 66-year-old female driver of the Volvo V40, a 21-year-old female passenger in the Volvo V40 and a 67-year-old female passenger in the Rover 400 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Apr 2001
- Sunday, 12:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 400 Series and Volvo V40
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72898, longitude -3.04563, in the EX12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150D342102
- 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
- 3052
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3172
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 September 2017.
Serious
Peugeot 108 crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 1 September 2017
5 m awayRef 2017500223104
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 5 March 2020
8 m awayRef 2020500946064
Serious
Car crash on the A358 in East Devon, 27 August 1989
10 m awayRef 198950D341467
Fatal
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 10 March 1988
14 m awayRef 198850D340366
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 8 October 1990
20 m awayRef 199050D341941
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on the A358 in East Devon, 2 November 1990
20 m awayRef 199050D342226
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo V40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,783 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
- 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 200150D342102 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.