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Update: 4.10pm: Topsham Road in Exeter has now reopened.

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Topsham Road in Exeter has been closed following a serious collision involving a pedestrian and a lorry.

Emergency sevices were called to the scene of the collision at around 1pm today.

The road has been closed between Countess Wear Roundabout and Burnthouse Lane.

Police have set up diversions at Barrack Road and Countess Wear, and buses are being diverted.

A spokesperson for Stagecoach said: “Due to a...

Update 6.30pm: The B3180 has re-opened.

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Police have closed the B3180 after a serious collision bewteen two cars earlier this afternoon.

The collision happened at the junction of Hulham Road, between Woodbury and Exmouth.

The road is closed in both directions and motorists are advised to avoid the area.

Police say the road is likely to remain closed for some time.

A man has died following a serious collision in East Devon this morning.

A car and tractor were involved in the collision at Broad Down in Southleigh at around 11.35 today (Wednesday 14 January).

Police confirmed that one male driver has died and enquiries are currently underway to locate the next of kin.

Highways have been informed, as well as the Serious Collisions Investigation Unit who will carry out an investigation of the scene.

Police are still at the scene and the road is expected to be closed for some time.

Road closures have been put in...

A car driver has died following a collision with a lorry on the A39 near Bideford this morning (Wednesday 14 January).

Police and other emergency services were called shortly before 6.53am to the collision.

The red Volvo lorry, registered to Bideford, overturned, shedding its load of logs across the carriageway on the A39, two miles from Bideford, towards Barnstaple.

Paramedics treated the driver of the silver Subaru Impreza at the scene before taking him to North Devon District Hospital with life threatening injuries.

He sadly died later in hospital. The...

Police are at the scene of a serious collision near Colyton.

A car and tractor were involved in the collision at Broad Down in Southleigh at around 11.35am today (Wednesday 14 January).

Highways have been informed, as well as the Serious Collisions Investigation Unit who will carry out an investigation of the scene.

The road is expected to be closed for some time.

Road closures have been put in place at Horse Shoes and Chelsdon Cross.

Any witnesses to the collision are asked to police on 101 quoting reference 290 of 14 January.

Updates as we...

The Fire Service was called to a collision involving five vehicles on the M5 near Exeter shortly after 1pm yesterday (December 27).

One fire appliance from Cullompton, one fire appliance from Danes Castle and a further fire appliance and heavy rescue vehicle from Middlemoor were mobilised to this incident.

On arrival crews confirmed the collision involving five vehicles in lanes two and three of the motorway between junction 28 Cullompton and junction 27 Sampford.

One elderly woman was trapped in a vehicle.

A spokesman for the fire service said: “Crews got...

Police are renewing their appeal for witnesses to come forward after a fatal collision in Exeter on Saturday 13 December.

Just before 6pm the emergency services were called to a two vehicle collision at the junction of Rydon Lane and Pynes Hill.

The collision involved a white Ford Ka and a silver coloured Audi A3.

The occupants of the Ford Ka, a 67 year-old male driver and a 68 year-old female passenger, suffered life threatening injuries and were taken to hospital.

The driver of the Ka, who is local to the area, sadly died in hospital as a result of his...

Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a serious collision in Exeter over the weekend.

On Saturday 13th December just before 6pm the emergency services were called to a two vehicle collision at the junction of Rydon Lane and Pynes Hill.

The collision involved a white Ford KA and a silver coloured Audi A3.

The occupants of the KA, a 67 year-old male driver and a 68 year-old female passenger, suffered life threatening injuries and remain in hospital.

The driver of the A3 was uninjured.

The road was closed for several hours while...

A teenager who was involved in a collision with a car in Paignton has died.

The 16-year-old male pedestrian, a foreign student, suffered serious head injuries and was taken by air ambulance to Derriford Hospital.

He died in hospital in the early hours of Sunday 7 December. His family have been informed.

Police are appealing for witnesses to the collision that happened at 12.15pm on Saturday 6 December on Great Western Road, on the one-way system outside Paignton train station.

The driver of the silver Vauxhall Vectra, a 42-year-old local man, was uninjured...

Emergency services were called to a road traffic collision on the M5 near Exeter on Wednesday.

Police were called around 11.20am to an overturned lorry on the motorway at junction 31, at the A30 slip road.

The Daf lorry has a container with sea salt on board and has overturned.

Two other vehicles were involved in the collision, namely a Blue Ford Transit van and a silver Saab.

None of the drivers are seriously injured.

One lane remains closed and traffic is slow on the A30 westbound, between Exeter and Alphington.