Unclassified road crash in Torridge EX39 on 17 February 2003 at 12:50 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torridge at 12:50 on Monday 17 February 2003. The 37-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Feb 2003
- Monday, 12:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0297, longitude -4.21312, in the EX39 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Northam, Torridge, EX39 2RP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200350C41B456
- Council area
- Torridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 July 2018.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A386 in Torridge, 20 July 2018
11 m awayRef 2018500321784
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A39 in Torridge, 23 May 2016
14 m awayRef 2016500073773
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A39 in Torridge, 5 May 1993
14 m awayRef 199350C410439
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the A39 in Torridge, 6 February 2007
14 m awayRef 200750C41B520
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A39 in Torridge, 15 December 2006
14 m awayRef 200650C41P908
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A39 in Torridge, 21 May 1994
14 m awayRef 199450C410552
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
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 200350C41B456 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 2003.