B3178 crash in East Devon on 6 October 2022 at 09:14 involving a Nissan X-Trail
A Nissan X-Trail and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the B3178 in East Devon at 09:14 on Thursday 6 October 2022. The 32-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Oct 2022
- Thursday, 09:14
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan X-Trail and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.65059, longitude -3.31746, in the EX9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2022501273710
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3178
- 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
- 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, 11 metres away, was a fatal crash on 26 May 2021.
Fatal
Citroen C4 crash on the B3178 in East Devon, 26 May 2021
11 m awayRef 2021501057004
Slight
Ford KA crash on the B3178 in East Devon, 24 March 2024
13 m awayRef 2024501424750
Slight
Nissan Juke crash on the B3178 in East Devon, 1 November 2014
19 m awayRef 201450KE3H007
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the B3178 in East Devon, 18 January 2004
27 m awayRef 200450D32B047
Serious
Car crash on the B3178 in East Devon, 21 March 2000
43 m awayRef 200050D321403
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B3178 in East Devon, 23 December 1999
45 m awayRef 199950D327477
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan X-Trail
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,184 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- 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 2022501273710 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 2022.