A361 crash in North Devon on 30 October 2025 at 22:30 involving a Hyundai Coupe
A Hyundai Coupe, a Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 22:30 on Thursday 30 October 2025. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Oct 2025
- Thursday, 22:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Hyundai Coupe and 2 others
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13434, longitude -4.15247, in the EX33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501662017
- 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
- 50 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
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- 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, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 15 April 2015
22 m awayRef 201550CN2F001
Slight
Toyota Carina crash on the A361 in North Devon, 18 December 2001
37 m awayRef 200150C237938
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A361 in North Devon, 2 May 2001
58 m awayRef 200150C232610
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 11 June 1980
65 m awayRef 198050H560220
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 15 January 2006
82 m awayRef 200650C23A397
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the A361 in North Devon, 16 October 1993
82 m awayRef 199350C231333
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Hyundai Coupe
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,975 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Coupe)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Coupe)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Hyundai Coupe)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2025501662017 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.