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A3123 crash in North Devon on 9 October 2011 at 15:39 involving a Saab 9-3

A Saab 9-3 crashed on the A3123 in North Devon at 15:39 on Sunday 9 October 2011. The 40-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Oct 2011
Sunday, 15:39
Vehicles
1
Saab 9-3
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17731, longitude -4.11127, in the EX34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201150CI2C007
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3123
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
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 January 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 9-3)

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 201150CI2C007 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.