A35 crash in East Devon on 14 May 2011 at 15:40 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A35 in East Devon at 15:40 on Saturday 14 May 2011. The 74-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 May 2011
- Saturday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78475, longitude -3.04998, in the EX13 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150KA2F004
- Council area
- East 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
- 35
- Road type
- Single 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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 25 metres away, was a fatal crash on 14 January 2005.
Fatal
Nissan crash on the A35 in East Devon, 14 January 2005
25 m awayRef 200550D36A390
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 1 November 2007
114 m awayRef 200750D36O082
Slight
Kia Niro crash on the A35 in East Devon, 1 July 2019
190 m awayRef 2019500863937
Slight
Mini One crash on the A35 in East Devon, 21 July 2020
198 m awayRef 2020500975844
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A35 in East Devon, 17 January 2018
204 m awayRef 2018500261634
Serious
Volvo 244 crash on the A35 in East Devon, 2 June 1992
219 m awayRef 199250D360861
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
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 201150KA2F004 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 2011.