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A386 crash in West Devon on 28 January 2012 at 21:26 involving a Citroen Saxo

A Citroen Saxo crashed on the A386 in West Devon at 21:26 on Saturday 28 January 2012. The 18-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Jan 2012
Saturday, 21:26
Vehicles
1
Citroen Saxo
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83787, longitude -4.07475, in the EX20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201250JO2C001
Council area
West 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
386
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
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
4%
Estimated chance it was slight
96%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Any animal (except ridden horse)
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Saxo)

    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 201250JO2C001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 2012.