A377 crash in North Devon on 16 December 2009 at 15:15 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic and a Citroen C4 were involved in a crash on the A377 in North Devon at 15:15 on Wednesday 16 December 2009. The 67-year-old male driver of the Honda Civic, the 64-year-old male driver of the Citroen C4 and a 59-year-old female passenger in the Citroen C4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 2009
- Wednesday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Civic and Citroen C4
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05153, longitude -4.0465, in the EX32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200950CB2J009
- 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
- 377
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 6%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 94%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 May 2001.
Slight
Chrysler crash on the A377 in North Devon, 5 May 2001
10 m awayRef 200150C212656
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in North Devon, 27 January 1984
20 m awayRef 198450C210028
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A377 in North Devon, 11 August 2014
59 m awayRef 201450CB2J009
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A377 in North Devon, 29 November 2025
71 m awayRef 2025501676083
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the A377 in North Devon, 22 February 2010
76 m awayRef 201050CB2J002
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 8 September 1981
81 m awayRef 198150H580475
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C4)
- 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 200950CB2J009 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 2009.