B3216 crash in West Devon on 5 May 2017 at 19:15 involving a Peugeot 307
A Peugeot 307 crashed on the B3216 in West Devon at 19:15 on Friday 5 May 2017. The 34-year-old male driver was 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
- 5 May 2017
- Friday, 19:15
- Vehicles
- 1
- Peugeot 307
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80923, longitude -4.05271, in the EX20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500191464
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3216
- 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, 82 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the B3216 in West Devon, 6 September 1982
82 m awayRef 198250C510391
Fatal
Car crash on the B3216 in West Devon, 12 July 1988
234 m awayRef 198850C514744
Serious
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the B3216 in West Devon, 2 November 2023
235 m awayRef 2023501370070
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3216 in West Devon, 9 August 2016
253 m awayRef 2016500102612
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 12 May 2009
263 m awayRef 200950JO2C004
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3216 in West Devon, 27 September 2003
333 m awayRef 200350C51P508
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 307
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 307)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2017500191464 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 2017.