Unclassified road crash in North Devon EX31 on 1 May 2012 at 18:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
Two Vauxhall Astras were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Devon at 18:20 on Tuesday 1 May 2012. The 29-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 May 2012
- Tuesday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.12096, longitude -4.07007, in the EX31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250CN2D002
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
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, 346 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2002.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 25 January 2002
346 m awayRef 200250C230461
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Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 2 December 2006
373 m awayRef 200650C21P219
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in North Devon, 24 October 1985
383 m awayRef 198550C230487
Serious
Car crash on a C road in North Devon, 21 October 1982
402 m awayRef 198250C230491
Serious
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 5 December 2011
406 m awayRef 201150CN2D004
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 29 June 2006
415 m awayRef 200650C21H684
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 201250CN2D002 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.