A361 crash in North Devon on 18 June 2017 at 21:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 21:00 on Sunday 18 June 2017. The 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 74-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 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
- 18 Jun 2017
- Sunday, 21:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02805, longitude -3.82334, in the EX36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500196674
- 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
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 June 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A361 in North Devon, 5 June 2016
At the same spotRef 2016500088630
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A361 in North Devon, 9 June 2016
At the same spotRef 2016500082700
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A361 in North Devon, 24 November 2003
15 m awayRef 200350C24R876
Slight
Honda PA50VC crash on the A361 in North Devon, 22 August 1992
34 m awayRef 199250C240754
Slight
Piaggio Liberty crash on the A361 in North Devon, 30 September 2021
51 m awayRef 2021501100501
Slight
Rover Maestro crash on the A361 in North Devon, 31 December 1994
67 m awayRef 199450C241603
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2017500196674 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.