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A361 crash in North Devon on 9 December 2013 at 18:28 involving a Peugeot 206

A Peugeot 206 and a Mercedes Sprinter van were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 18:28 on Monday 9 December 2013. The 85-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 and the 38-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Sprinter van were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Dec 2013
Monday, 18:28
Vehicles
2
Peugeot 206 and Mercedes Sprinter
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04878, longitude -3.91747, in the EX32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201350CS4A005
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no 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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Nearside or offside crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    85 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes Sprinter

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    2,148 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 85, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 206)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes Sprinter)

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 201350CS4A005 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 2013.