A396 crash in Mid Devon on 9 September 2009 at 11:02 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on the A396 in Mid Devon at 11:02 on Wednesday 9 September 2009. The 20-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Sep 2009
- Wednesday, 11:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Citroen Saxo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90295, longitude -3.48202, in the EX16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tiverton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tiverton Castle, Mid Devon, EX16 6NL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200950KT3B014
- Council area
- Mid Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 396
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 December 1993.
Slight
Toyota Supra crash on a C road in Mid Devon, 6 December 1993
10 m awayRef 199350D412976
Slight
Peugeot 104 crash on the B3391 in Mid Devon, 21 May 1994
10 m awayRef 199450D411226
Serious
Car crash on the B3391 in Mid Devon, 22 March 1985
14 m awayRef 198550D410453
Slight
Car crash on the B3391 in Mid Devon, 11 May 1984
14 m awayRef 198450D410737
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A373 in Mid Devon, 18 May 1983
14 m awayRef 198350D410991
Slight
Fiat Cinquecento crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon, 27 September 2006
14 m awayRef 200650D41M037
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 200950KT3B014 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 2009.