B3231 crash in North Devon on 15 June 2012 at 07:26 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a Vauxhall Frontera were involved in a crash on the B3231 in North Devon at 07:26 on Friday 15 June 2012. The 50-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 306 and a 13-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Frontera were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Jun 2012
- Friday, 07:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and Vauxhall Frontera
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11751, longitude -4.21074, in the EX33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250CN2F004
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3231
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
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
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 120 metres away, was a fatal crash on 28 August 1983.
Fatal
Van crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 28 August 1983
120 m awayRef 198350C230396
Slight
Car crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 30 January 1985
150 m awayRef 198550C230023
Serious
Honda NH125MD crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 16 July 1993
170 m awayRef 199350C230793
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 10 August 2008
192 m awayRef 200850CN2F002
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 27 August 2005
192 m awayRef 200550C23L021
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 26 November 1987
233 m awayRef 198750C233382
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,905 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Frontera
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Frontera)
- 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 201250CN2F004 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.