Fatal A373 crash in Mid Devon on 5 October 2007 at 11:20 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A373 in Mid Devon at 11:20 on Friday 5 October 2007. A 49-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 was killed and the 59-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 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
- Fatal
- Date
- 5 Oct 2007
- Friday, 11:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86011, longitude -3.3819, in the EX15 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cullompton St Andrews, Mid Devon, EX15 1FT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200750D42L934
- 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
- 373
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 2002.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the M5 in Mid Devon, 18 August 2002
10 m awayRef 200250D425176
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A373 in Mid Devon, 12 May 2007
14 m awayRef 200750D42F100
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A373 in Mid Devon, 6 April 2006
14 m awayRef 200650D42E245
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A373 in Mid Devon, 26 May 1984
22 m awayRef 198450D420833
Slight
BMW K 100 LT crash on the A373 in Mid Devon, 28 January 1995
50 m awayRef 199550D420218
Slight
Car crash on the A373 in Mid Devon, 15 September 1995
54 m awayRef 199550D421962
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
FatalMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 200750D42L934 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 2007.