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B3257 crash in West Devon on 10 December 2007 at 23:31 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series crashed on the B3257 in West Devon at 23:31 on Monday 10 December 2007. The 20-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 2007
Monday, 23:31
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.50644, longitude -4.19321, in the PL19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200750E61P662
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3257
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, street lights unlit
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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 85 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 May 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Road sign or traffic signal
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

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 200750E61P662 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 2007.