Unclassified road crash in Torridge EX22 on 21 July 2009 at 18:25 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torridge at 18:25 on Tuesday 21 July 2009. All four casualties 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
- 21 Jul 2009
- Tuesday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91537, longitude -4.35665, in the EX22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200950CH2B001
- Council area
- Torridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- 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, 175 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 February 1998.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 21 February 1998
175 m awayRef 199850C411124
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 12 August 2004
577 m awayRef 200450C42L352
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 13 August 2001
618 m awayRef 200150C414987
Slight
Ford Capri crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 25 January 1998
756 m awayRef 199850C410453
Serious
John Deere 6000 Series crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 14 May 2025
792 m awayRef 2025501590080
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 28 October 1999
877 m awayRef 199950C416351
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Lane or location
- Tram or light rail track
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,149 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Clio)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 3, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 200950CH2B001 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 2009.