A377 crash in Mid Devon on 5 October 2014 at 17:29 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4, a Volkswagen Golf and a Toyota Celica were involved in a crash on the A377 in Mid Devon at 17:29 on Sunday 5 October 2014. The 45-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Oct 2014
- Sunday, 17:29
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7908, longitude -3.66143, in the EX17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crediton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crediton Lawrence, Mid Devon, EX17 3AW area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201450KC2W009
- Council area
- Mid 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
- 377
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 January 1996.
Serious
Leyland Cars Mini crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 30 January 1996
5 m awayRef 199650D430300
Slight
Bedford Astravan crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 27 March 1995
5 m awayRef 199550D420703
Slight
Transbus Int crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 29 August 2017
6 m awayRef 2017500221776
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 30 June 1980
10 m awayRef 198050J920608
Serious
Mercedes 190 crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 8 September 1994
10 m awayRef 199450D432173
Slight
Jaguar XJ Series crash on the A377 in Mid Devon, 8 September 2013
11 m awayRef 201350KC2W006
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,496 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,781 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Celica
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 201450KC2W009 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 2014.