A361 crash in North Devon on 20 September 2017 at 10:23 involving an Audi A2
An Audi A2 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 10:23 on Wednesday 20 September 2017. The 79-year-old female driver of the Audi A2, the 51-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa and a 46-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Sep 2017
- Wednesday, 10:23
- Vehicles
- 2
- Audi A2 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95771, longitude -3.6176, in the EX16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500225627
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 2018.
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A361 in North Devon, 8 April 2018
6 m awayRef 2018500285801
Serious
Lexmoto Arizona crash on the A361 in North Devon, 4 October 2015
10 m awayRef 201550CS3Z002
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A361 in North Devon, 7 April 2018
13 m awayRef 2018500286075
Slight
Mercedes 190 crash on the A361 in Mid Devon, 13 November 2004
13 m awayRef 200450D41Q163
Slight
Volvo 740 crash on the A361 in North Devon, 18 September 1994
13 m awayRef 199450C251171
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the A361 in North Devon, 3 April 2013
14 m awayRef 201350KT3E003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Audi A2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A2)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 2017500225627 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.