A386 crash in Torridge on 3 December 2012 at 08:45 involving a Renault Kangoo
A Renault Kangoo and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A386 in Torridge at 08:45 on Monday 3 December 2012. The 30-year-old male driver of the Audi A4 and a 29-year-old female passenger in the Audi A4 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2012
- Monday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Kangoo and Audi A4
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02105, longitude -4.20695, in the EX39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bideford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bideford North, Torridge, EX39 2AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250CD3D024
- 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
- 386
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 April 2008.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 29 April 2008
6 m awayRef 200850CD3D002
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in Torridge, 25 July 2024
9 m awayRef 2024501472503
Serious
Subaru Impreza crash on the A386 in Torridge, 15 December 2018
10 m awayRef 2018500808501
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A386 in North Devon, 20 January 2017
10 m awayRef 2017500150819
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A386 in Torridge, 2 May 2015
12 m awayRef 201550CD3D008
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3235 in Torridge, 12 August 1993
15 m awayRef 199350C410953
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)
- 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 201250CD3D024 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 2012.