A30 crash in West Devon on 3 August 2020 at 13:02 involving a Vauxhall Meriva
A Vauxhall Meriva and a Suzuki Swift were involved in a crash on the A30 in West Devon at 13:02 on Monday 3 August 2020. The 45-year-old female driver of the Suzuki Swift was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Aug 2020
- Monday, 13:02
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Meriva and Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70526, longitude -4.06713, in the EX20 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bridestowe, West Devon, EX20 4LY area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020500987335
- 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
- 30
- Road type
- Dual 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
- 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, 43 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 October 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A30 in West Devon, 28 October 2006
43 m awayRef 200650C51N947
Serious
Bentley crash on a C road in West Devon, 28 November 1997
44 m awayRef 199750C534482
Slight
Ford Fusion crash on the A30 in West Devon, 29 April 2018
47 m awayRef 2018500294498
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A30 in West Devon, 30 July 1990
82 m awayRef 199050C530789
Slight
Mazda B2000 crash on the A30 in West Devon, 18 September 1992
82 m awayRef 199250C530845
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in West Devon, 10 August 1984
107 m awayRef 198450C530368
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Suzuki Swift
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Swift)
- 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 2020500987335 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 2020.