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Unclassified road crash in Torridge EX39 on 20 July 2004 at 17:52 involving a Mercedes bus

A Mercedes bus crashed on an unclassified road in Torridge at 17:52 on Tuesday 20 July 2004. A 41-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Jul 2004
Tuesday, 17:52
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04229, longitude -4.21329, in the EX39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Northam. It is one of the crashes that make up the Appledore, Torridge, EX39 1EL area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200450C41M196
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 49 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2014.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    3,972 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Boarding

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 200450C41M196 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 2004.