B3179 crash in East Devon on 21 August 2025 at 10:07 involving a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
A Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and a Volvo V40 were involved in a crash on the B3179 in East Devon at 10:07 on Thursday 21 August 2025. The 34-year-old female driver of the Volvo V40 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Aug 2025
- Thursday, 10:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and Volvo V40
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.6755, longitude -3.40603, 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
- 2025501631635
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3179
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 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, 14 metres away, was a fatal crash on 8 March 2020.
Fatal
BMW 1 Series crash on the B3179 in East Devon, 8 March 2020
14 m awayRef 2020500938149
Slight
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 20 August 2018
16 m awayRef 2018500331332
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3179 in East Devon, 3 October 1999
28 m awayRef 199950D315713
Serious
Austin Morris Mini crash on the B3179 in East Devon, 23 September 1995
55 m awayRef 199550D312014
Slight
Nissan Patrol crash on the B3179 in East Devon, 25 July 1994
71 m awayRef 199450D311826
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3179 in East Devon, 29 October 1979
74 m awayRef 197950L760777
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Volvo V40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V40)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 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 2025501631635 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.