A361 crash in North Devon on 4 June 2023 at 15:05 involving a Ford S-Max
A Ford S-Max and a Volkswagen Golf were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 15:05 on Sunday 4 June 2023. A 35-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and a 21-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were 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
- 4 Jun 2023
- Sunday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford S-Max and Volkswagen Golf
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01604, longitude -3.78759, in the EX36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023501317786
- 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
- 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, 46 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 December 2000.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A361 in North Devon, 19 December 2000
46 m awayRef 200050C247370
Fatal
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 16 August 1989
77 m awayRef 198950C240916
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 3 July 1984
92 m awayRef 198450C240292
Serious
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 29 April 1989
98 m awayRef 198950C240432
Slight
Car crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 6 February 2024
117 m awayRef 2024501407383
Serious
Kawasaki ZX900 crash on the A361 in North Devon, 18 July 2002
117 m awayRef 200250C244448
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford S-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2023501317786 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 2023.