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A3125 crash in North Devon on 4 December 2012 at 09:55 involving a Skoda Octavia

A Skoda Octavia and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A3125 in North Devon at 09:55 on Tuesday 4 December 2012. The 48-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira and a male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Dec 2012
Tuesday, 09:55
Vehicles
2
Skoda Octavia and Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07818, longitude -4.0583, in the EX32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnstaple. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barnstaple Central, North Devon, EX32 8HG area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201250CB2D042
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
3125
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Human crossing control by other authorised person

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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,910 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    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 201250CB2D042 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 2012.