B3261 crash in East Devon on 5 July 2009 at 13:08 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on the B3261 in East Devon at 13:08 on Sunday 5 July 2009. The 46-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Discovery was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 2009
- Sunday, 13:08
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Land Rover Discovery
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7821, longitude -2.99745, in the EX13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Axminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Axminster, East Devon, EX13 5AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200950KA2J009
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3261
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 October 2009.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 11 October 2009
At the same spotRef 200950KA2J018
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A38 in East Devon, 6 August 1998
At the same spotRef 199850D364529
Fatal
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 11 September 2001
At the same spotRef 200150D365524
Slight
Car crash on the A35 in East Devon, 22 August 1985
10 m awayRef 198550D361598
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A358 in East Devon, 9 February 1999
10 m awayRef 199950D360789
Serious
Car crash on the A35 in East Devon, 23 August 1987
10 m awayRef 198750D361330
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)
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 200950KA2J009 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 2009.