A30 crash in East Devon on 6 May 2011 at 20:10 involving a Ford Galaxy
A Ford Galaxy, a Seat Ibiza and a Toyota Aygo were involved in a crash on the A30 in East Devon at 20:10 on Friday 6 May 2011. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 May 2011
- Friday, 20:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Galaxy and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81343, longitude -3.16747, in the EX14 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Honiton St Paul's, East Devon, EX14 4PW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150KH2D003
- 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
- 30
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining with 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2004.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A30 in East Devon, 17 October 2004
1 m awayRef 200450D35O594
Serious
Audi Q3 crash on the A30 in East Devon, 13 July 2015
2 m awayRef 201550KH2D006
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A30 in East Devon, 31 January 2016
3 m awayRef 201650KH2D001
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A30 in East Devon, 23 May 2015
8 m awayRef 201550KH2D005
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A30 in East Devon, 13 July 2011
8 m awayRef 201150KH2D004
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A30 in East Devon, 29 October 2011
9 m awayRef 201150KH2D008
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Seat Ibiza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Aygo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Aygo)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Galaxy)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Seat Ibiza)
- 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 201150KH2D003 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.