A375 crash in East Devon on 29 February 2008 at 18:40 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Ford Fusion were involved in a crash on the A375 in East Devon at 18:40 on Friday 29 February 2008. The 32-year-old female driver of the Ford Fusion, a 13-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fusion and an 11-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fusion were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 29 Feb 2008
- Friday, 18:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Ford Fusion
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79448, longitude -3.20147, in the EX14 postcode district and within the built-up area of Honiton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Honiton St Michael's, East Devon, EX14 1SG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200850D35B933
- Council area
- East 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
- 375
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 1984.
Slight
Car crash on the A375 in East Devon, 12 July 1984
At the same spotRef 198450D351149
Slight
Van crash on the A375 in East Devon, 23 May 1983
At the same spotRef 198350D350929
Slight
Volvo S40 crash on the A375 in East Devon, 2 July 2012
8 m awayRef 201250KH2H016
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A375 in East Devon, 16 December 2018
8 m awayRef 2018500808746
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A375 in East Devon, 6 September 2011
9 m awayRef 201150KH2H027
Slight
Skoda Yeti crash on the A375 in East Devon, 21 October 2021
9 m awayRef 2021501109884
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fusion
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fusion)
- 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 200850D35B933 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 2008.