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Serious A38 crash in Mid Devon on 21 May 2001 at 14:15 involving a Fiat Marea

A Fiat Marea and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A38 in Mid Devon at 14:15 on Monday 21 May 2001. A 60-year-old male passenger in the Fiat Marea was seriously injured and the 65-year-old male driver of the Fiat Marea was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 May 2001
Monday, 14:15
Vehicles
2
Fiat Marea and lorry
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91768, longitude -3.35757, in the EX16 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Canonsleigh, Mid Devon, EX16 7HD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200150D424341
Council area
Mid 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
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
361

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat Marea

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,747 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Marea)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Marea)

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 200150D424341 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 2001.