A3052 crash in East Devon on 7 April 2015 at 15:30 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a tram were involved in a crash on the A3052 in East Devon at 15:30 on Tuesday 7 April 2015. The 36-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 61-year-old female passenger in the tram were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 7 Apr 2015
- Tuesday, 15:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and tram
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72913, longitude -3.05795, in the EX24 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550KN3C002
- Council area
- East 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
- 3052
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Authorised person
- 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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 2001.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 27 September 2001
3 m awayRef 200150D346006
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 28 December 2006
8 m awayRef 200650D34Q415
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 18 July 1996
12 m awayRef 199650D342202
Serious
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 2 October 1987
22 m awayRef 198750D341589
Fatal
Honda crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 15 October 1990
28 m awayRef 199050D341993
Serious
Renault 21 crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 17 May 1992
28 m awayRef 199250D340750
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Lane or location
- Tram or light rail track
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Tram
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Lane or location
- Tram or light rail track
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 61, tram occupant, in vehicle 2 (Tram)
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 201550KN3C002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 2015.