A361 crash in North Devon on 11 June 2022 at 10:01 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Volvo C70 were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 10:01 on Saturday 11 June 2022. The 68-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Jun 2022
- Saturday, 10:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Volvo C70
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09439, longitude -4.13641, in the EX31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022501186554
- Council area
- North 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
- 361
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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 22 May 2017.
Slight
Toyota Celica crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 22 May 2017
2 m awayRef 2017500187861
Serious
Fiat Bravo crash on the A361 in North Devon, 3 December 2014
3 m awayRef 201450CN2C009
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A361 in North Devon, 23 September 2006
4 m awayRef 200650C23L897
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A361 in North Devon, 13 November 2003
9 m awayRef 200350C23R136
Slight
Piaggio crash on the A361 in North Devon, 1 December 1995
11 m awayRef 199550C231584
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A361 in North Devon, 16 June 2015
14 m awayRef 201550CN2C006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 68 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,422 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volvo C70
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,984 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- 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 2022501186554 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 2022.