A361 crash in North Devon on 12 February 2018 at 07:39 involving a Mazda 2
A Mazda 2 and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 07:39 on Monday 12 February 2018. The 31-year-old female driver of the Mazda 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Feb 2018
- Monday, 07:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 2 and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03289, longitude -3.84093, 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
- 2018500272120
- 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
- Snowing, no high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
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, 5 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 June 2014.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A361 in North Devon, 14 June 2014
5 m awayRef 201450CS2F005
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A361 in North Devon, 23 June 2021
8 m awayRef 2021501072572
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A361 in North Devon, 23 May 1998
41 m awayRef 199850C242841
Serious
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A361 in North Devon, 24 August 2021
101 m awayRef 2021501090671
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A361 in North Devon, 13 April 2000
105 m awayRef 200050C241890
Slight
Rover Mini crash on the A361 in North Devon, 5 July 2005
147 m awayRef 200550C24I122
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 2)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2018500272120 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 2018.