B3174 crash in East Devon on 31 December 2018 at 15:04 involving a Skoda Yeti
A Skoda Yeti and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the B3174 in East Devon at 15:04 on Monday 31 December 2018. The 48-year-old male cyclist and a 34-year-old female passenger on the bicycle were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Dec 2018
- Monday, 15:04
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Yeti and bicycle
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75497, longitude -3.35451, in the EX5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500808329
- 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
- 3174
- 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
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 July 2025.
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Bus crash on the A30 in East Devon, 15 September 1983
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Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the B3174 in East Devon, 7 February 2021
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Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3174 in East Devon, 16 December 2014
8 m awayRef 201450KO2K004
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in East Devon, 27 February 1986
9 m awayRef 198650D210335
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in East Devon, 26 October 1980
19 m awayRef 198050J921068
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Yeti
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 48, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, cyclist, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2018500808329 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.