Serious A3052 crash in East Devon on 30 May 2011 at 11:40 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Citroen C5 were involved in a crash on the A3052 in East Devon at 11:40 on Monday 30 May 2011. There were four casualties: two people were seriously injured and two were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 30 May 2011
- Monday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Citroen C5
- Casualties
- 4
- 2 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70636, longitude -3.40869, in the EX5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150KE2H002
- 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
- 3052
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 50 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 March 2015.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 20 March 2015
6 m awayRef 201550KE2H002
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 24 November 1997
10 m awayRef 199750D214390
Fatal
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 24 February 1987
31 m awayRef 198750D210257
Serious
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 5 July 1986
40 m awayRef 198650D211181
Serious
Ford KA crash on the A3052 in Exeter, 28 September 2007
40 m awayRef 200750D21Q072
Slight
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 29 June 1987
42 m awayRef 198750D210966
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,521 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen C5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C5)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen C5)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- 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 201150KE2H002 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.