Serious A361 crash in North Devon on 17 June 2025 at 20:25 involving a Renault Trafic van
A Renault Trafic van and a Nissan 350 were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 20:25 on Tuesday 17 June 2025. The 32-year-old male driver of the Nissan 350 was seriously injured and a 55-year-old male passenger in the Renault Trafic van 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
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Jun 2025
- Tuesday, 20:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Trafic and Nissan 350
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04884, longitude -3.91226, in the EX32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501604203
- 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
- Footbridge or subway
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 July 2008.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A361 in North Devon, 1 July 2008
44 m awayRef 200850CS4A004
Slight
Vauxhall Agila crash on the A361 in North Devon, 10 October 2015
54 m awayRef 201550CS4A001
Serious
Mercedes crash on the A361 in North Devon, 8 April 2018
62 m awayRef 2018500288601
Serious
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 10 February 2013
105 m awayRef 201350CS4A002
Slight
Kia Rio crash on the A361 in North Devon, 10 March 2016
148 m awayRef 2016500063720
Slight
Hyundai Santa Fe crash on the A361 in North Devon, 12 July 2025
148 m awayRef 2025501615282
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trafic
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Nissan 350
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 55, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Trafic)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan 350)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most 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 2025501604203 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 2025.