Serious B3230 crash in North Devon on 4 February 2000 at 15:25 involving a Nissan Sunny
A Nissan Sunny crashed on the B3230 in North Devon at 15:25 on Friday 4 February 2000. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Feb 2000
- Friday, 15:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Nissan Sunny
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14651, longitude -4.07672, 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
- 200050C230588
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 1994.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 16 November 1994
14 m awayRef 199450C311405
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 10 April 1997
22 m awayRef 199750C311121
Slight
Car crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 2 October 1989
41 m awayRef 198950C311145
Slight
Renault Trafic crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 28 October 1990
57 m awayRef 199050C231153
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 4 December 1998
57 m awayRef 199850C237297
Slight
Datsun Cherry crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 20 September 1994
72 m awayRef 199450C311140
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Tree
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)
- 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 200050C230588 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.