B3230 crash in North Devon on 13 August 2008 at 17:04 involving a Peugeot 306
Four vehicles, including a Peugeot 306 and an Iveco-Ford lorry, were involved in a crash on the B3230 in North Devon at 17:04 on Wednesday 13 August 2008. The 47-year-old female driver of the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Aug 2008
- Wednesday, 17:04
- Vehicles
- 4
- Peugeot 306 and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1558, longitude -4.08515, in the EX31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200850CI2C002
- 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
- 3230
- 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 with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 October 1985.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 14 October 1985
14 m awayRef 198550C210468
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 18 November 1997
20 m awayRef 199750C234272
Slight
Car crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 6 September 2008
40 m awayRef 200850CI2C005
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 8 December 2025
60 m awayRef 2025501680440
Slight
Vehicle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 22 May 1984
70 m awayRef 198450C310205
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 2 August 1989
71 m awayRef 198950C310852
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,587 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 66 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 3: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Toyota Avensis)
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 200850CI2C002 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.