B3165 crash in East Devon on 14 September 2025 at 16:55 involving a Suzuki SX4
A Suzuki SX4 and a BMW 1 Series were involved in a crash on the B3165 in East Devon at 16:55 on Sunday 14 September 2025. The 77-year-old male driver of the Suzuki SX4 and a 26-year-old female passenger in the BMW 1 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Sep 2025
- Sunday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 2
- Suzuki SX4 and BMW 1 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76253, longitude -2.96876, in the EX13 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Trinity, East Devon, EX13 5ST area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501687076
- 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
- 3165
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 35
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 13 June 2009.
Slight
BMW 1 Series crash on the A35 in East Devon, 13 June 2009
1 m awayRef 200950KA2A004
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A35 in East Devon, 6 May 2000
1 m awayRef 200050D362170
Fatal
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A35 in East Devon, 10 July 2013
5 m awayRef 201350KA2A005
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A35 in East Devon, 21 February 2018
6 m awayRef 2018500275402
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A35 in East Devon, 11 June 2023
8 m awayRef 2023501327188
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A35 in East Devon, 21 June 2011
8 m awayRef 201150KA2A003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki SX4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 77 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: BMW 1 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki SX4)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 1 Series)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least 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 2025501687076 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.