Unclassified road crash in North Devon EX31 on 16 November 2012 at 08:29 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Devon at 08:29 on Friday 16 November 2012. The 33-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astra and the 53-year-old male driver of the car were 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
- 16 Nov 2012
- Friday, 08:29
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13098, longitude -4.0547, 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
- 201250CN2D006
- 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 August 2011.
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 2 August 2011
45 m awayRef 201150CN2D003
Slight
Car crash on a C road in North Devon, 23 July 1988
59 m awayRef 198850C234849
Slight
Mazda MX-5 crash on a C road in North Devon, 28 January 2013
158 m awayRef 201350CN2D001
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 25 July 2004
257 m awayRef 200450C21K009
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 17 January 2006
323 m awayRef 200650C23A568
Serious
Car crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 8 May 1981
327 m awayRef 198150H560201
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 201250CN2D006 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.