A361 crash in North Devon on 23 December 2016 at 12:23 involving a BMW 1 Series
A BMW 1 Series, two cars and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 12:23 on Friday 23 December 2016. The 30-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and the 26-year-old female driver of the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 2016
- Friday, 12:23
- Vehicles
- 4
- BMW 1 Series and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06855, longitude -4.03586, in the EX32 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newport, North Devon, EX32 8NX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500161872
- Council area
- North 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
- 361
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A39 in North Devon, 25 October 2006
8 m awayRef 200650C21N381
Slight
Honda Jazz crash on the A361 in North Devon, 13 March 2024
24 m awayRef 2024501420423
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A361 in North Devon, 25 May 2023
40 m awayRef 2023501311537
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the A361 in North Devon, 20 May 2024
43 m awayRef 2024501445193
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A39 in North Devon, 29 February 2000
84 m awayRef 200050C211192
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A39 in North Devon, 7 April 2004
100 m awayRef 200450C21E441
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,244 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 1 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016500161872 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 2016.