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M5 crash in Mid Devon on 10 November 2004 at 14:28 involving a Peugeot 306

A Peugeot 306 crashed on the M5 in Mid Devon at 14:28 on Wednesday 10 November 2004. A 22-year-old male passenger and the 21-year-old male driver were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Nov 2004
Wednesday, 14:28
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 306
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.92016, longitude -3.35323, 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
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200450D42Q138
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 3 December 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)

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 200450D42Q138 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 2004.