A361 crash in North Devon on 16 April 2012 at 09:08 involving a Nissan Primera
Two cars and a Nissan Primera were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 09:08 on Monday 16 April 2012. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Apr 2012
- Monday, 09:08
- Vehicles
- 3
- Nissan Primera and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02826, longitude -3.82484, in the EX36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250CS2B003
- Council area
- North 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
- 361
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- 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
- 7%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 93%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 1996.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A361 in North Devon, 25 October 1996
4 m awayRef 199650C243324
Slight
Skoda Fabia crash on the A361 in North Devon, 20 September 2010
4 m awayRef 201050CS2B007
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A361 in North Devon, 18 August 2010
4 m awayRef 201050CS2B006
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A361 in North Devon, 7 August 2017
5 m awayRef 2017500212889
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the A361 in North Devon, 19 October 2019
5 m awayRef 2019500902298
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A361 in North Devon, 5 August 2019
6 m awayRef 2019500871895
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- 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
- 56 years
Vehicle 2: Nissan Primera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Primera)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Primera)
- 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 201250CS2B003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 2012.