A386 crash in West Devon on 21 July 2019 at 11:40 involving a Vauxhall Meriva
A Vauxhall Meriva, a Honda Jazz and a Mitsubishi Colt were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 11:40 on Sunday 21 July 2019. The 71-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Meriva was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Jul 2019
- Sunday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Meriva and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.5371, longitude -4.14478, in the PL19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tavistock.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500878738
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- 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
- 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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 August 2014.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A386 in West Devon, 30 August 2014
2 m awayRef 201450JT2W002
Slight
Skoda Superb crash on the A386 in West Devon, 14 September 2009
10 m awayRef 200950JT2W005
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A386 in West Devon, 23 June 1995
16 m awayRef 199550E611464
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A386 in West Devon, 30 January 2016
18 m awayRef 201650JT2W001
Slight
Toyota Supra crash on the A386 in West Devon, 5 June 2015
21 m awayRef 201550JT2W003
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A386 in West Devon, 15 September 2006
22 m awayRef 200650E61L629
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,318 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Mitsubishi Colt
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,298 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2019500878738 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 2019.