B3227 crash in North Devon on 4 September 1999 at 01:44 involving a Subaru Justy
A Subaru Justy crashed on the B3227 in North Devon at 01:44 on Saturday 4 September 1999. All six casualties were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 4 Sep 1999
- Saturday, 01:44
- Vehicles
- 1
- Subaru Justy
- Casualties
- 6
- 6 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01656, longitude -3.85718, in the EX36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199950C245215
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3227
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fog or mist
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 28 March 2013.
Slight
Iveco crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 28 March 2013
1 m awayRef 201350CS2F005
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 25 August 1993
10 m awayRef 199350C241032
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 22 October 2002
10 m awayRef 200250C246374
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on the A3227 in North Devon, 7 February 2005
36 m awayRef 200550C24B517
Slight
Rover Maestro crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 27 March 1996
36 m awayRef 199650C240940
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 21 October 2024
39 m awayRef 2024501506623
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Subaru Justy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,189 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (6)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Justy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Justy)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Justy)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Justy)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Justy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Subaru Justy)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 199950C245215 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 1999.