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A361 crash in North Devon on 9 July 2005 at 18:35 involving a Rover 400 Series

A Rover 400 Series and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 18:35 on Saturday 9 July 2005. The 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus, a 39-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus and a 1-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Jul 2005
Saturday, 18:35
Vehicles
2
Rover 400 Series and Ford Focus
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98263, longitude -3.66862, in the EX36 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200550C24I246
Council area
North 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
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 June 2007.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 200550C24I246 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 2005.