Serious A3079 crash in West Devon on 1 May 2016 at 14:15 involving a Ford Transit van
A Ford Transit van and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A3079 in West Devon at 14:15 on Sunday 1 May 2016. The 32-year-old male driver of the Ford Transit van was seriously injured and the 19-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 1 May 2016
- Sunday, 14:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Transit and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72876, longitude -4.06792, in the EX20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201650JO3C003
- 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
- 3079
- 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
- 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
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 December 2002.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A3079 in West Devon, 5 December 2002
28 m awayRef 200250C516727
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A3079 in West Devon, 23 September 2012
81 m awayRef 201250JO2S011
Slight
Car crash on the B3218 in West Devon, 23 November 1981
147 m awayRef 198150H260635
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the B3218 in West Devon, 26 November 1999
177 m awayRef 199950C517071
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A3079 in West Devon, 7 December 2002
184 m awayRef 200250C518216
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A3079 in West Devon, 22 August 2012
193 m awayRef 201250JO3C007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Transit
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
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
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Transit)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 201650JO3C003 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.