Serious B3440 crash in Mid Devon on 2 February 2018 at 18:59 involving an Alexander Dennis bus
A car and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the B3440 in Mid Devon at 18:59 on Friday 2 February 2018. A 51-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 2 Feb 2018
- Friday, 18:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89888, longitude -3.3498, in the EX15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uffculme.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500265806
- 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
- 3440
- Road type
- Single 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 60 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2005.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3440 in Mid Devon, 22 December 2005
60 m awayRef 200550D42Q886
Slight
Car crash on the B3391 in Mid Devon, 19 January 1989
129 m awayRef 198950D420092
Slight
Car crash on the B3391 in Mid Devon, 17 January 1981
136 m awayRef 198150L910032
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3440 in Mid Devon, 18 January 2008
145 m awayRef 200850D41A354
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3440 in Mid Devon, 13 October 2025
147 m awayRef 2025501654100
Serious
Chrysler Neon crash on the B3440 in Mid Devon, 4 March 2015
149 m awayRef 201550KU2I002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 6,700 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 51, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018500265806 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 2018.