A399 crash in North Devon on 5 April 2024 at 18:00 involving a Mercedes Vito van
A Mercedes Vito van and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on the A399 in North Devon at 18:00 on Friday 5 April 2024. The 58-year-old male driver of the Mercedes Vito van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Apr 2024
- Friday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes Vito and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05954, longitude -3.86169, 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
- 2024501428480
- 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
- 399
- 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
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Other
- 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, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 2010.
Slight
Skoda Octavia crash on the A399 in North Devon, 16 April 2010
64 m awayRef 201050CS2B003
Serious
Peugeot 309 crash on the A399 in North Devon, 4 February 1999
92 m awayRef 199950C240751
Slight
Van crash on the B3226 in North Devon, 8 March 1988
122 m awayRef 198850C244226
Slight
Car crash on the A399 in North Devon, 26 January 1999
164 m awayRef 199950C210510
Slight
Audi A4 crash on the A399 in North Devon, 9 December 2021
176 m awayRef 2021501137562
Slight
Case IH crash on the A399 in North Devon, 16 June 2024
262 m awayRef 2024501456563
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes Vito
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 58 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 58, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes Vito)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
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 2024501428480 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 2024.