A399 crash in North Devon on 3 August 2011 at 12:15 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A car and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A399 in North Devon at 12:15 on Wednesday 3 August 2011. The 22-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Corsa, a 21-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Corsa 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
- 3 Aug 2011
- Wednesday, 12:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.09801, longitude -3.87824, in the EX32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150CS2A004
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 399
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 35 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 November 2025.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A399 in North Devon, 25 November 2025
35 m awayRef 2025501673765
Slight
Iveco crash on the A399 in North Devon, 24 June 2006
35 m awayRef 200650C21H767
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the B3226 in North Devon, 9 June 1984
74 m awayRef 198450C210240
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A399 in North Devon, 10 May 2000
142 m awayRef 200050C212272
Serious
Toyota Auris crash on the A399 in North Devon, 9 March 2011
145 m awayRef 201150CS2A002
Serious
Renault Kadjar crash on the A399 in North Devon, 14 December 2022
146 m awayRef 2022501277436
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 201150CS2A004 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.