Police are appealing for information following a collision on the A30 near Whiddon Down which happened on Monday (1 December) just after 1pm.
A silver coloured Landrover Discovery, which was travelling towards Exeter near Tedburn St Mary, left the carriageway and rolled over causing substantial damage to the vehicle.
Two women and two one-year-old children were in the vehicle at the time. The occupants were all taken to hospital but escaped with minor injuries.
Police are trying to trace the driver of a silver coloured Mercedes estate which was seen driving in the...
Police are appealing for witnesses and information after a fatal road traffic collision on the B3180 near Daisy Mount, Ottery St Mary last night (Monday 24 November).
The incident happened shortly before 10pm on Monday when a blue Ford Mondeo car was involved in a collision with a male pedestrian outside of the West Hill Nursery.
The pedestrian, a 42-year-old local man, died at the scene following the collision.
He is believed to have been walking along the road at the time of the incident.
Police would like to hear from anyone who may have been driving in...
Police and emergency services attended the scene of a serious road traffic collision on the A361 at Tiverton this morning.
The collision involved a Transit van, a Fiat 500 car and a Nissan Navara pick up.
It happened on the southbound carriageway just past Bolham roundabout at 9.30am.
The drivers of the van and the Navara vehicle, two men both in their 50s, were seriously injured and have been airlifted to Derriford Hospital by air ambulance.
A third male casualty was taken by land ambulance to the North Devon District Hospital but was not seriously injured...
On 1 October 2014 a small paper disc which has been a feature on car windscreens in the UK for 93 years will be consigned to history.
From 1 October 2014, the paper tax disc will no longer need to be displayed on a vehicle although vehicle excise duty (VED) must still be paid. If you have a tax disc with any months left to run after this date, it can be removed from the vehicle and destroyed from 1 October onwards. Your vehicle will still be registered as taxed in the database of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA).
After an anxious two days of waiting, one of three largest cranes in the UK lifted the beams into place for the new bridge at Maddacombe Road as part of the South Devon Link Road Project.
Locals gathered on Friday to watch the crane lift the three 94 tonne concrete beams. Unfortunately however, a number of small issues during the testing stage led to a delay in proceedings until Saturday morning.
Andrew Leadbetter, Cabinet Member for Economy and Growth at Devon County Council, said: "We're really pleased that everything is now in place for the new bridge. It was...
Work on the Crediton Link Road is progressing well and is on schedule.
Devon County Council has confirmed that the scheme is on track to be completed by next Autumn and that earthwork operations will be temporarily suspended over the Christmas period, between 20 December and 6 January.
Since contractor South West Highways started construction in July, around 80% of the bulk earthworks have been carried out. Approximately 190,000 tonnes of excavated earth has been transported nearby to Dunscombe to create a water storage lagoon and to keep the A377 clean, the contractor is...
Devon County Council has for the first time been ranked the country’s top performing local authorities for highways and transport services, according to a national survey.
Devon was among 70 highway authorities, including 25 county councils, which took part in the 2013 National Highways and Transport Public Satisfaction Survey (NHT Survey).
It is the sixth year of the random postal survey, conducted by Ipsos MORI, which is the most comprehensive public satisfaction survey for highways and transport. The survey questions are based on highway maintenance, road safety, public...
Do you have piles of clothes that you no longer wear? Do you wish you had a whole new wardrobe but can't afford a shopping spree? Then this is the event for you!! Join us at County Hall's clothes swapping event and swap 'til you drop!
How it works:
Drop off your clothes, shoes and accessories in advance of the event (either by prior arrangement or by turning up to the event 30 mins or so early). For each item you bring you will receive one ticket. At 5pm on the day you can begin swapping your tickets for new items....
With the summer holidays upon us, motorists are being reminded of the dangers faced by road workers who carry out vital improvements and maintenance on our roads - in particular on the new A380 South Devon Link Road.
Emergency Services, Local Authority Road Safety Teams and Contractors Galliford Try are urging drivers to take extra care at road works in a bid to cut deaths and injuries of road workers.
Since 2010, eight road workers have been killed whilst improving and maintaining the road network in England – and around 2,200 road accidents where people are injured occur...
Essential reconstruction work will start on the A375 at Sidbury Hill 8 April.
A section of the road, between Sidbury and the Hare and Hounds at Putts Corner, will be closed from Monday 8 April to Friday 10 May for reconstruction, resurfacing and drainage. A crash barrier will also be installed along a stretch overlooking the valley.
The road was initially closed last September to enable work to start on major drainage improvements and edge support work after two landslips had occurred on a different section of the road.
