B3181 crash in Mid Devon on 14 December 2017 at 18:02 involving a Peugeot 208
A Peugeot 208 and a Ford Kuga were involved in a crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon at 18:02 on Thursday 14 December 2017. The 54-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 208 was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Dec 2017
- Thursday, 18:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 208 and Ford Kuga
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89095, longitude -3.36916, in the EX15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Willand. It is one of the crashes that make up the Lower Culm, Mid Devon, EX15 2QH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500253513
- Council area
- Mid 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
- 3181
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 March 1991.
Slight
Car crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 19 March 1991
7 m awayRef 199150D420511
Slight
Car crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 6 October 1985
23 m awayRef 198550D421886
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 3 December 1985
26 m awayRef 198550D422392
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon, 14 June 1983
36 m awayRef 198350D421032
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 16 November 2016
48 m awayRef 2016500143332
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 7 August 1990
57 m awayRef 199050D421506
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 208
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 208)
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 2017500253513 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 2017.