B3215 crash in West Devon on 24 September 2015 at 15:28 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B3215 in West Devon at 15:28 on Thursday 24 September 2015. The 31-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series and the 38-year-old female driver of the Renault Megane 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
- 24 Sep 2015
- Thursday, 15:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 1 Series and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75264, longitude -3.97237, 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
- 201550JO2H009
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3215
- 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2014.
Slight
Audi A3 crash on the B3215 in West Devon, 20 January 2014
6 m awayRef 201450JO2S001
Slight
Renault 19 crash on the B3215 in West Devon, 18 April 2007
22 m awayRef 200750C51E681
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B3215 in West Devon, 6 July 1993
33 m awayRef 199350C510928
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3215 in West Devon, 21 December 1982
38 m awayRef 198250C510609
Serious
Minibus crash on the B3215 in West Devon, 22 February 1995
74 m awayRef 199550C510220
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the B3215 in West Devon, 28 November 1992
74 m awayRef 199250C511096
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
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 201550JO2H009 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 2015.