B3233 crash in North Devon on 23 July 2008 at 17:10 involving a Renault Clio
A Renault Clio and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the B3233 in North Devon at 17:10 on Wednesday 23 July 2008. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jul 2008
- Wednesday, 17:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Clio and Ford Mondeo
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06686, longitude -4.15451, in the EX31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fremington.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200850CB2A001
- Council area
- North 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
- 3233
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 October 1980.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A39 in North Devon, 11 October 1980
32 m awayRef 198050H560481
Serious
Triumph Herald crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 22 September 1994
41 m awayRef 199450C211153
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 30 September 1994
41 m awayRef 199450C211178
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A39 in North Devon, 9 June 1989
45 m awayRef 198950C410602
Slight
Volvo 460 crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 17 January 2004
57 m awayRef 200450C21A846
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A39 in North Devon, 8 August 1984
63 m awayRef 198450C210377
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Clio)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 200850CB2A001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 2008.