B3233 crash in North Devon on 15 April 2000 at 11:34 involving a Toyota MR2
A Toyota MR2 and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B3233 in North Devon at 11:34 on Saturday 15 April 2000. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Apr 2000
- Saturday, 11:34
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota MR2 and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06428, longitude -4.16267, in the EX31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fremington.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200050C211901
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3233
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 50 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 July 1979.
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in North Devon, 11 July 1979
50 m awayRef 197950H560276
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 12 July 1991
50 m awayRef 199150C210617
Slight
Van crash on the A39 in Torridge, 17 March 1981
50 m awayRef 198150H610113
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in North Devon, 16 June 1987
63 m awayRef 198750C212595
Slight
Gilera Runner crash on the B3223 in North Devon, 31 July 2003
78 m awayRef 200350C21N199
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 16 March 2002
78 m awayRef 200250C211480
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota MR2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 200050C211901 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.