A373 crash in East Devon on 30 September 2019 at 21:22 involving a Hyundai i30
A Hyundai i30 and a Toyota Yaris were involved in a crash on the A373 in East Devon at 21:22 on Monday 30 September 2019. The 47-year-old male driver of the Hyundai i30 and the 25-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris were slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Sep 2019
- Monday, 21:22
- Vehicles
- 2
- Hyundai i30 and Toyota Yaris
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81589, longitude -3.25133, in the EX14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500889124
- 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
- 373
- 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
- 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, 69 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2024.
Slight
Mitsubishi L200 crash on the A373 in East Devon, 11 February 2024
69 m awayRef 2024501408589
Slight
Toyota Yaris crash on the A373 in East Devon, 5 June 2025
85 m awayRef 2025501599596
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A373 in East Devon, 19 August 1999
88 m awayRef 199950D354841
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A373 in East Devon, 23 April 2025
90 m awayRef 2025501581242
Serious
Car crash on the A373 in East Devon, 14 April 1989
260 m awayRef 198950D350571
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A373 in East Devon, 1 August 2018
272 m awayRef 2018500320799
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai i30
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai i30)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019500889124 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.