Serious A35 crash in East Devon on 18 February 2019 at 11:53 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift and a Volkswagen Passat were involved in a crash on the A35 in East Devon at 11:53 on Monday 18 February 2019. The 18-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was seriously injured and the 33-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Passat was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 18 Feb 2019
- Monday, 11:53
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki Swift and Volkswagen Passat
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79662, longitude -3.17464, in the EX14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500820284
- Council area
- East 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
- 35
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately 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, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 September 1986.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A35 in East Devon, 24 September 1986
3 m awayRef 198650D351773
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A35 in East Devon, 31 January 1980
22 m awayRef 198050L780068
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A35 in East Devon, 29 August 2023
39 m awayRef 2023501346412
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A35 in East Devon, 23 September 2007
43 m awayRef 200750D35M138
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A35 in East Devon, 10 July 2023
53 m awayRef 2023501327920
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A35 in East Devon, 24 December 1997
69 m awayRef 199750D354868
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- 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
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Passat
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Passat)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019500820284 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 2019.