A3072 crash in West Devon on 11 October 2011 at 15:28 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the A3072 in West Devon at 15:28 on Tuesday 11 October 2011. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 2011
- Tuesday, 15:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7887, longitude -3.89414, 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
- 201150JO4P007
- 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
- 3072
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3214
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A3072 in West Devon, 18 December 2017
1 m awayRef 2017500254051
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A3072 in West Devon, 3 November 2013
2 m awayRef 201350JO4P005
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A3072 in West Devon, 3 June 2021
3 m awayRef 2021501064214
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on the A3124 in West Devon, 16 November 2020
3 m awayRef 2020501002907
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A3072 in West Devon, 4 February 2015
4 m awayRef 201550JO4P001
Serious
Car crash on the A3072 in West Devon, 29 September 2012
6 m awayRef 201250JO4P005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 201150JO4P007 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 2011.