A30 crash in West Devon on 21 January 2016 at 17:42 involving a Peugeot 205
A Peugeot 205 and a lorry were involved in a crash on the A30 in West Devon at 17:42 on Thursday 21 January 2016. The 29-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 205 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jan 2016
- Thursday, 17:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 205 and lorry
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70488, longitude -4.07016, in the EX20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridestowe, West Devon, EX20 4LY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201650JO3C002
- 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
- 30
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2004.
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A30 in West Devon, 28 August 2004
23 m awayRef 200450C51M364
Serious
DAF Trucks Fad 85CF crash on the A30 in West Devon, 4 July 2013
28 m awayRef 201350JO3C004
Slight
Scania crash on the A30 in West Devon, 21 June 1999
40 m awayRef 199950C533473
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A30 in West Devon, 27 August 2020
42 m awayRef 2020500979057
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A30 in West Devon, 19 December 2001
65 m awayRef 200150C518002
Slight
Suzuki GSX 650 crash on the A30 in West Devon, 10 September 2013
69 m awayRef 201350JO3C007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Lorry
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 205)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 201650JO3C002 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 2016.