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A30 crash in West Devon on 6 May 2010 at 16:00 involving a Ford Ranger van

A Ford Ranger van crashed on the A30 in West Devon at 16:00 on Thursday 6 May 2010. The 49-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 May 2010
Thursday, 16:00
Vehicles
1
Ford Ranger
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70411, longitude -4.09167, in the EX20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201050JO3C006
Council area
West 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
30
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dry

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, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 May 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Ranger

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Caravan
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Other or not known
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    2,500 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Ranger)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Ranger)

    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 201050JO3C006 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 2010.