B3180 crash in East Devon on 22 March 2018 at 17:20 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3 and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B3180 in East Devon at 17:20 on Thursday 22 March 2018. The 60-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Mar 2018
- Thursday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 3 and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.66912, longitude -3.37228, in the EX5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodbury & Lympstone, East Devon, EX5 1JL area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500283067
- Council area
- East 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
- 3180
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3179
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 June 2013.
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the B3180 in East Devon, 9 June 2013
4 m awayRef 201350KE3M009
Serious
Talbot Samba crash on the B3180 in East Devon, 28 June 1990
5 m awayRef 199050D311234
Slight
Car crash on the B3179 in East Devon, 14 August 1987
5 m awayRef 198750D311229
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the B3180 in East Devon, 18 July 2012
5 m awayRef 201250KE3M014
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B3180 in East Devon, 18 April 2015
6 m awayRef 201550KE3M006
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3180 in East Devon, 7 March 2011
8 m awayRef 201150KE3M007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 2018500283067 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 2018.