A303 crash in East Devon on 15 December 2008 at 13:38 involving a Nissan Primera
Four vehicles, including a Nissan Primera and a Ford Fiesta, were involved in a crash on the A303 in East Devon at 13:38 on Monday 15 December 2008. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Dec 2008
- Monday, 13:38
- Vehicles
- 4
- Nissan Primera and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87202, longitude -3.09857, in the EX14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200850KH2B003
- 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
- 303
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
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, 18 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 October 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A303 in East Devon, 21 October 2016
18 m awayRef 2016500158450
Slight
Citroen ZX crash on the A303 in East Devon, 12 August 1993
60 m awayRef 199350D351988
Fatal
Renault Megane crash on the A303 in East Devon, 18 February 2000
71 m awayRef 200050D350749
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A303 in East Devon, 7 February 1991
117 m awayRef 199150D350291
Serious
Car crash on the A303 in East Devon, 8 June 1985
128 m awayRef 198550D350984
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A303 in East Devon, 18 October 2023
129 m awayRef 2023501364196
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 3: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 4: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200850KH2B003 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.