A377 crash in North Devon on 15 January 2017 at 13:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra, a Honda CRV and a Mitsubishi Colt were involved in a crash on the A377 in North Devon at 13:10 on Sunday 15 January 2017. The 37-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and a 16-year-old male passenger in the Mitsubishi Colt were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jan 2017
- Sunday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Astra and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0417, longitude -4.04092, in the EX32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500148913
- 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
- 377
- 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
- Dry
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2009.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A377 in North Devon, 31 October 2009
10 m awayRef 200950CB2J008
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A377 in North Devon, 25 February 2006
39 m awayRef 200650C21C397
Slight
John Deere crash on the A377 in North Devon, 17 June 1990
92 m awayRef 199050C210584
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the A377 in North Devon, 4 May 2004
113 m awayRef 200450C21F746
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A377 in North Devon, 21 November 1997
162 m awayRef 199750C214316
Slight
Car crash on the A377 in North Devon, 4 February 1988
190 m awayRef 198850C214106
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,204 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mitsubishi Colt)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2017500148913 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 2017.