A39 crash in Torridge on 2 May 2005 at 17:00 involving a Nissan Micra
A Nissan Micra and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A39 in Torridge at 17:00 on Monday 2 May 2005. The 63-year-old male driver of the Nissan Micra and the 73-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 2005
- Monday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Nissan Micra and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00855, longitude -4.25132, in the EX39 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200550C41F113
- Council area
- Torridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 39
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 2006.
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A39 in Torridge, 20 June 2006
10 m awayRef 200650C41H271
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A39 in Torridge, 13 August 1994
10 m awayRef 199450C410946
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the A39 in Torridge, 15 April 1999
14 m awayRef 199950C412050
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A39 in Torridge, 20 August 2021
18 m awayRef 2021501089669
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A39 in Torridge, 1 August 1998
22 m awayRef 199850C414467
Serious
Fiat Uno crash on the A39 in Torridge, 5 August 1999
22 m awayRef 199950C414553
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 200550C41F113 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 2005.