Average speed cameras set for A361
Devon County Council confirms new safety measures as part of the Safer Roads Fund project
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Ella Sampson
16 Oct 2024 9:32 AM
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Devon County Council (DCC) has…
Exeter
New cameras installed in traffic accident hotspots
Five of the newer safety cameras are in Exeter
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Guy Henderson LDRS
10 Oct 2024 8:30 AM
More speed cameras have been installed at accident hotspots across Devon, with some existing ones upgraded.
The co…
Speed cameras appear at Devon crash hotspots
More speed cameras have been installed at accident hotspots across Devon, with some existing ones upgraded. The county council has acted in areas where data suggests a higher number of road traffic injuries and collisions are happening.
They are also b…
Horrifying dashcam footage shows moment driver smashes into oncoming traffic after trying risky overtake
4 October 2024, 16:26 | Updated: 4 October 2024, 17:39
Dashcam footage provided by Devon and Cornwall Police. Picture: Devon and Cornwall Police
By Owen Scott
A shock crash in Devon was caught on a dash cam, as a driver hurtled into oncoming traffic …
Moment pensioner, 66, hurtles into cars and injures four people after ‘dangerous and egregious’ effort to overtake lorry on a busy road
By Freya Barnes[1] Published: 14:18, 4 October 2024 | Updated: 14:22, 4 October 2024
This is the moment a pensioner hurtled into other car and injured four people as he made a ‘dangerous and egregious’ effort to overtake a lorry on a…
Heritage railway enthusiast and former pub landlord dies in A35 crash
Tributes have been paid after a former pub landlord – who also helped on heritage railway in Somerset – died in a crash on a major A-road. Bruce Woodsford, known as Bill, died on the A35 near Axminster, just across the border, in Devon, on July 20, 202…
‘Real gentleman’ dies on Devon A-road after HGV crash
Driver error or a possible medical episode is said to have caused a motorist to pull out into the path of an oncoming lorry. Former pub landlord Bruce Woodsford, known as Bill, died on the A35 near Axminster, on July 20, 2023.
An inquest heard that the…
Dad killed in crash outside Devon school ‘was travelling double the speed limit’
A ‘loving’ Devon dad who was tragically killed after his motorbike collided with a car outside a private school in Tavistock is believed to have been travelling double the speed limit. Daryl Bramble, a married 32-year-old marine engineer, left his home…
Lane was shut on busy road near Exeter after car and lorry crash
There were traffic delays near Exeter following a crash this afternoon (Tuesday, July 16). According to traffic monitoring site Inrix, a lane was closed heading southbound on the A377 Cowley Hill.
The crash took place near the turn off for Upton Pyne a…
Driver suffers life-changing injuries in M5 crash caused by loose tyre
A driver was airlifted to hospital after a serious crash on the M5[1] in Devon. He sustained life-threatening injuries in the collision on the northbound carriageway near Exeter[2] on Friday afternoon, July 12, after a car lost its tyre while travellin…