A3052 crash in East Devon on 19 March 2025 at 07:22 involving an Abarth 595
An Abarth 595, a Fiat Ducato van and a Volkswagen Transporter van were involved in a crash on the A3052 in East Devon at 07:22 on Wednesday 19 March 2025. The 51-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Transporter van and the 19-year-old male driver of the Abarth 595 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Mar 2025
- Wednesday, 07:22
- Vehicles
- 3
- Abarth 595 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.70843, longitude -3.17717, in the EX10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501566657
- 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
- 3052
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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, 26 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 December 2004.
Serious
Ford Orion crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 30 December 2004
26 m awayRef 200450D33S367
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 13 May 1992
33 m awayRef 199250D340712
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 31 August 2000
54 m awayRef 200050D344563
Slight
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 30 September 1986
98 m awayRef 198650D341774
Serious
Renault 5 crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 12 September 1993
109 m awayRef 199350D332250
Serious
Kawasaki ZX crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 9 March 2023
128 m awayRef 2023501285137
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Abarth 595
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,368 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Fiat Ducato
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Transporter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 51, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Transporter)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Abarth 595)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2025501566657 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 2025.