Unclassified road crash in West Devon PL20 on 24 November 2003 at 22:40 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Devon at 22:40 on Monday 24 November 2003. A 25-year-old female passenger in the Ford KA and a 26-year-old male passenger in the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Nov 2003
- Monday, 22:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford KA and Ford Granada
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.51289, longitude -4.10182, in the PL20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Horrabridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Burrator, West Devon, PL20 7RU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200350E61S019
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Frost or ice
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 14 April 1983.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in West Devon, 14 April 1983
20 m awayRef 198350E610654
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in West Devon, 8 March 1984
22 m awayRef 198450E610460
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on a C road in West Devon, 15 October 1996
45 m awayRef 199650E612423
Serious
Car crash on a C road in West Devon, 10 July 1981
45 m awayRef 198150G530549
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 21 May 2013
47 m awayRef 201350JT2Q001
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 11 February 2009
67 m awayRef 200950JT2Q002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Granada
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,935 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- 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 200350E61S019 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 2003.