A3124 crash in West Devon on 13 April 2018 at 21:27 involving a Seat Leon
A Seat Leon crashed on the A3124 in West Devon at 21:27 on Friday 13 April 2018. The 23-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Apr 2018
- Friday, 21:27
- Vehicles
- 1
- Seat Leon
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78549, longitude -3.89282, in the EX20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500286459
- Council area
- West 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
- 3124
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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, 17 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 May 2018.
Serious
Suzuki crash on the A3124 in West Devon, 27 May 2018
17 m awayRef 2018500302051
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A3124 in West Devon, 23 March 2006
105 m awayRef 200650C51D671
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3219 in West Devon, 18 July 1991
161 m awayRef 199150C520719
Slight
Mazda 6 crash on the A3124 in West Devon, 12 July 2025
161 m awayRef 2025501614973
Slight
Car crash on the B3219 in West Devon, 3 June 1996
223 m awayRef 199650C521588
Slight
Volvo 850 crash on the B3219 in West Devon, 12 May 1997
310 m awayRef 199750C521583
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Seat Leon
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
- 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 2018500286459 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 2018.