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Serious B3260 crash in West Devon on 7 July 2015 at 22:27 involving a Hyundai Accent

A Hyundai Accent and a Vauxhall Agila were involved in a crash on the B3260 in West Devon at 22:27 on Tuesday 7 July 2015. The 68-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Agila and a 50-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Agila were seriously injured and the 41-year-old male driver of the Hyundai Accent was 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
Serious
Date
7 Jul 2015
Tuesday, 22:27
Vehicles
2
Hyundai Accent and Vauxhall Agila
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74116, longitude -3.96348, in the EX20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Tawton, West Devon, EX20 1QJ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201550JO2S003
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
3260
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Hyundai Accent

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,341 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Agila

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    68 years
    Engine capacity
    1,199 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Agila)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Accent)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Agila)

    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 201550JO2S003 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.