B3261 crash in East Devon on 10 September 2025 at 09:34 involving a Toyota Hilux
A Toyota Hilux, a DAF Trucks lorry and a car were involved in a crash on the B3261 in East Devon at 09:34 on Wednesday 10 September 2025. The 34-year-old female driver of the Toyota Hilux was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Sep 2025
- Wednesday, 09:34
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Hilux and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77962, longitude -2.98957, in the EX13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Axminster. It is one of the crashes that make up the Axminster, East Devon, EX13 5AZ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501640044
- 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
- 3261
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Defective traffic signals
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, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 March 1994.
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B3265 in East Devon, 10 March 1994
21 m awayRef 199450D360625
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3261 in East Devon, 2 November 2007
55 m awayRef 200750D36O035
Slight
Volvo 240 crash on the A35 in East Devon, 3 December 1990
87 m awayRef 199050D362458
Slight
Car crash on the A35 in East Devon, 29 July 1979
87 m awayRef 197950L790533
Slight
Car crash on the A35 in East Devon, 15 November 1982
87 m awayRef 198250D362070
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3261 in East Devon, 14 November 1998
87 m awayRef 199850D366884
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,982 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: DAF Trucks
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,462 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 3: 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
- Did not impact
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2025501640044 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.