B3230 crash in North Devon on 6 November 2011 at 13:00 involving a Seat Leon
A Seat Leon, a Vauxhall Meriva and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3230 in North Devon at 13:00 on Sunday 6 November 2011. The 31-year-old male driver of the Seat Leon, the 62-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Meriva and the 61-year-old male rider of the motorcycle 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
- 6 Nov 2011
- Sunday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 3
- Seat Leon and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.10112, longitude -4.05162, 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
- 201150CB2G007
- 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, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 13%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 87%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 October 2012.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 31 October 2012
7 m awayRef 201250CB2G005
Slight
Citroen DS3 crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 17 November 2023
39 m awayRef 2023501375911
Slight
Ford Transit Connect crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 27 April 2025
48 m awayRef 2025501582634
Slight
Suzuki SV 650 crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 30 July 2024
50 m awayRef 2024501497536
Slight
Kia Soul crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 28 August 2015
57 m awayRef 201550CB2G002
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 4 June 2021
61 m awayRef 2021501060871
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Seat Leon
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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 500cc
- 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
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Seat Leon)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)
Casualty 3: Rider
SlightMale, aged 61, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 3 (Motorcycle)
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 201150CB2G007 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 2011.