M5 crash in East Devon on 23 May 2015 at 16:24 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Mini Countryman were involved in a crash on the M5 in East Devon at 16:24 on Saturday 23 May 2015. The 20-year-old male driver of the Renault Clio and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Mini Countryman were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2015
- Saturday, 16:24
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Mini Countryman
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76571, longitude -3.45926, in the EX4 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550KO2M003
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Motorway
- First road number
- 5
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 February 1980.
Slight
Lorry crash on the M5 in East Devon, 7 February 1980
15 m awayRef 198050J920141
Slight
Peugeot 505 crash on the M5 in East Devon, 12 June 1993
51 m awayRef 199350D211394
Slight
Car crash on the M5 in East Devon, 11 September 1985
53 m awayRef 198550D211716
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M5 in East Devon, 19 August 2002
55 m awayRef 200250D215143
Slight
Mercedes 300 crash on the M5 in Exeter, 14 May 1998
91 m awayRef 199850D212732
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the M5 in East Devon, 3 March 1991
100 m awayRef 199150D210383
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Mini Countryman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Countryman)
- 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 201550KO2M003 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.