A3052 crash in East Devon on 4 April 2011 at 14:47 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A3052 in East Devon at 14:47 on Monday 4 April 2011. The 66-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 78-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Apr 2011
- Monday, 14:47
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and lorry
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7021, longitude -3.26621, in the EX10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newton Poppleford & Harpford, East Devon, EX10 0FE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150KS2A002
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 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
- 3176
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2022.
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 29 August 2022
7 m awayRef 2022501213805
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 3 April 2018
8 m awayRef 2018500285455
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on the B3176 in East Devon, 3 July 2025
9 m awayRef 2025501612606
Slight
Suzuki Ignis crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 6 June 2025
10 m awayRef 2025501599675
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 27 September 2011
13 m awayRef 201150KS2G010
Slight
Vauxhall Viva crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 19 January 1996
18 m awayRef 199650D330195
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 201150KS2A002 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.