Skip to main content
CrashStats

Fatal unclassified road crash in Torridge EX38 on 21 May 2007 at 22:01 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Mitsubishi Colt were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torridge at 22:01 on Monday 21 May 2007. The 20-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta was killed, one other person was seriously injured and two were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
21 May 2007
Monday, 22:01
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Mitsubishi Colt
Casualties
4
1 killed, 1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.96467, longitude -4.17997, in the EX38 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200750C43F820
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mitsubishi Colt

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North
    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
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Colt)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mitsubishi Colt)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 200750C43F820 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 2007.