Fatal A3124 crash in Torridge on 28 May 2011 at 16:35 involving a Renault Trafic
A Renault Trafic and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A3124 in Torridge at 16:35 on Saturday 28 May 2011. The 20-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 was killed and a 22-year-old male passenger in the Peugeot 206 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 28 May 2011
- Saturday, 16:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Trafic and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 killed, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88723, longitude -3.98247, in the EX19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150CT3Y001
- Council area
- Torridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3124
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 16 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 June 2022.
Serious
Yamaha YZF crash on the A3124 in Torridge, 17 June 2022
16 m awayRef 2022501197628
Serious
Lorry crash on the B3220 in Torridge, 15 May 1984
36 m awayRef 198450C520201
Slight
Triumph Street Triple crash on the A3124 in Torridge, 9 October 2022
62 m awayRef 2022501228749
Slight
Van crash on the B3220 in Torridge, 11 March 1981
91 m awayRef 198150H610100
Slight
Car crash on the B3220 in Torridge, 12 April 1988
135 m awayRef 198850C524388
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B3220 in Torridge, 15 October 1993
171 m awayRef 199350C521320
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Trafic
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Entered ditch
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
FatalFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- 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 201150CT3Y001 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 2011.