Serious unclassified road crash in West Devon EX20 on 23 November 2018 at 20:07 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic crashed on an unclassified road in West Devon at 20:07 on Friday 23 November 2018. The 21-year-old male driver was seriously injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 23 Nov 2018
- Friday, 20:07
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda Civic
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75362, longitude -4.05284, in the EX20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500803965
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2018.
Slight
Mitsubishi Shogun crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 17 March 2018
41 m awayRef 2018500281976
Slight
Renault 5 crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 12 November 1990
453 m awayRef 199050C511223
Serious
Car crash on a C road in West Devon, 13 February 1981
544 m awayRef 198150H260065
Slight
Renault 25 crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 9 March 1999
750 m awayRef 199950C511392
Slight
Renault Captur crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 19 August 2022
771 m awayRef 2022501226237
Slight
Volvo 343 crash on a C road in West Devon, 5 September 1995
808 m awayRef 199550C511158
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,396 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- 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 2018500803965 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.