A303 crash in East Devon on 1 May 2011 at 16:24 involving an Audi A4
A car, an Audi A4 and a Seat Ibiza were involved in a crash on the A303 in East Devon at 16:24 on Sunday 1 May 2011. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2011
- Sunday, 16:24
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.87502, longitude -3.09277, in the EX14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150KH2B003
- 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
- 303
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 January 2014.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A303 in East Devon, 31 January 2014
5 m awayRef 201450KH2B002
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A303 in East Devon, 29 June 2010
8 m awayRef 201050KH2B004
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the A303 in East Devon, 29 June 2007
8 m awayRef 200750D35H610
Serious
Volkswagen Crafter crash on the A303 in East Devon, 25 January 2023
14 m awayRef 2023501268501
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A303 in East Devon, 22 March 2004
15 m awayRef 200450D35D587
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A303 in East Devon, 15 May 2013
16 m awayRef 201350KH2A001
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 3: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Seat Ibiza)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201150KH2B003 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.