A386 crash in West Devon on 25 October 2018 at 07:09 involving a Volvo lorry
A Volvo lorry and a Nissan Juke were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 07:09 on Thursday 25 October 2018. The 70-year-old male driver of the Nissan Juke was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 2018
- Thursday, 07:09
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volvo and Nissan Juke
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7699, longitude -4.02382, 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
- 2018500801042
- 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
- 386
- 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
- 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, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1997.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A386 in West Devon, 24 October 1997
44 m awayRef 199750C513920
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A386 in West Devon, 6 July 2025
75 m awayRef 2025501612276
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A386 in West Devon, 19 October 1994
127 m awayRef 199450C511260
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 19 August 1982
156 m awayRef 198250C510353
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A386 in West Devon, 31 July 1982
200 m awayRef 198250C510308
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 6 July 1980
210 m awayRef 198050H260277
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volvo
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Towing and articulation
- Articulated vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 12,777 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Nissan Juke
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Juke)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2018500801042 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.