A386 crash in West Devon on 14 December 2015 at 12:00 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series and a Ford Galaxy were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 12:00 on Monday 14 December 2015. The 66-year-old male driver of the Ford Galaxy was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2015
- Monday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- BMW 3 Series and Ford Galaxy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.53934, longitude -4.14962, in the PL19 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tavistock South West, West Devon, PL19 8DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550JT2W005
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2025.
Slight
Alexander Dennis crash on the A386 in West Devon, 1 July 2025
4 m awayRef 2025501610124
Serious
Volkswagen Transporter crash on the A386 in West Devon, 23 December 2015
9 m awayRef 201550JT2W006
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A386 in West Devon, 25 January 2000
10 m awayRef 200050E610211
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A386 in West Devon, 14 June 2002
24 m awayRef 200250E611407
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 12 September 1987
30 m awayRef 198750E611622
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A386 in West Devon, 21 July 1995
34 m awayRef 199550E611763
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,171 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Galaxy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,295 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Galaxy)
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 201550JT2W005 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.