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Serious B3230 crash in North Devon on 26 February 2000 at 02:25 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra crashed on the B3230 in North Devon at 02:25 on Saturday 26 February 2000. A 23-year-old male passenger and the 22-year-old female driver were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Feb 2000
Saturday, 02:25
Vehicles
1
Nissan Micra
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12602, longitude -4.05565, in the EX31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200050C210839
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
3230
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 April 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

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 200050C210839 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 2000.