Serious A377 crash in Mid Devon on 13 February 2003 at 15:15 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series and a Peugeot 405 were involved in a crash on the A377 in Mid Devon at 15:15 on Thursday 13 February 2003. The 20-year-old female driver of the Rover 400 Series was seriously injured and the 46-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 405 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 13 Feb 2003
- Thursday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 400 Series and Peugeot 405
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78036, longitude -3.62481, in the EX17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200350D43B324
- 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
- 377
- 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
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2018.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 20 November 2018
6 m awayRef 2018500802252
Fatal
Harley-Davidson crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 5 May 2022
26 m awayRef 2022501173363
Serious
Car crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 26 April 1986
32 m awayRef 198650D430702
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 26 August 2018
49 m awayRef 2018500800044
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 29 June 1984
51 m awayRef 198450D431302
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 29 November 1982
54 m awayRef 198250D432213
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 405
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 400 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 405)
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 200350D43B324 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 2003.