A358 crash in East Devon on 11 October 2017 at 16:00 involving a Jeep Cherokee
An agricultural vehicle and a Jeep Cherokee were involved in a crash on the A358 in East Devon at 16:00 on Wednesday 11 October 2017. The 75-year-old male driver of the Jeep Cherokee 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
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Oct 2017
- Wednesday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Agricultural vehicle and Jeep Cherokee
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73514, longitude -3.04304, in the EX12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500232704
- Council area
- East 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
- 358
- 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
- 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 18 January 2008.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A358 in East Devon, 18 January 2008
10 m awayRef 200850D34A546
Slight
Car crash on the A358 in East Devon, 12 May 1986
93 m awayRef 198650D340862
Fatal
Jaguar X Type crash on the A358 in East Devon, 16 March 2014
99 m awayRef 201450KN3D003
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A358 in East Devon, 21 August 2003
114 m awayRef 200350D34J575
Slight
Toyota Hilux crash on the A358 in East Devon, 1 August 2004
117 m awayRef 200450D34L349
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A358 in East Devon, 18 August 1993
146 m awayRef 199350D342009
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: Jeep Cherokee
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,987 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Jeep Cherokee)
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 2017500232704 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 2017.