A376 crash in East Devon on 27 August 2025 at 15:07 involving a Mercedes A Class
A Mercedes A Class and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the A376 in East Devon at 15:07 on Wednesday 27 August 2025. The 84-year-old female driver of the Mercedes A Class was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Aug 2025
- Wednesday, 15:07
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mercedes A Class and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.63644, longitude -3.41045, in the EX8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exmouth.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501635398
- 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
- 376
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 July 1985.
Serious
Car crash on the A376 in East Devon, 20 July 1985
10 m awayRef 198550D311369
Serious
Van crash on the A376 in East Devon, 14 January 1989
20 m awayRef 198950D310062
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A376 in East Devon, 16 February 2013
25 m awayRef 201350KE2B002
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A376 in East Devon, 2 August 1987
40 m awayRef 198750D311144
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A376 in Exeter, 7 April 2007
46 m awayRef 200750D31D810
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A376 in East Devon, 14 April 1990
48 m awayRef 199050D310666
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 84 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Lane or location
- Footway (pavement)
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2025501635398 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.