A30 crash in East Devon on 19 November 2024 at 18:01 involving a Dacia Duster
A Dacia Duster and a Polestar 2 were involved in a crash on the A30 in East Devon at 18:01 on Tuesday 19 November 2024. The 49-year-old female driver of the Dacia Duster was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Nov 2024
- Tuesday, 18:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Dacia Duster and Polestar 2
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75942, longitude -3.3254, in the EX5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024501518364
- Council area
- East 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
- 70 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Involvement with previous collision
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, 38 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 2018.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A30 in East Devon, 10 April 2018
38 m awayRef 2018500288632
Serious
Volvo 850 crash on the B3174 in East Devon, 20 December 2009
62 m awayRef 200950KO2I006
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in East Devon, 23 November 1984
62 m awayRef 198450D352127
Slight
Peugeot 406 crash on the A30 in East Devon, 30 October 1999
76 m awayRef 199950D356414
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A30 in East Devon, 21 June 1992
77 m awayRef 199250D350965
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in East Devon, 6 May 1983
103 m awayRef 198350D210757
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Dacia Duster
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Polestar 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Electric
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Dacia Duster)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2024501518364 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 2024.