B3227 crash in North Devon on 12 October 2012 at 16:03 involving a Mazda 6
A Mazda 6 hit a pedestrian on the B3227 in North Devon at 16:03 on Friday 12 October 2012. A 10-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Oct 2012
- Friday, 16:03
- Vehicles
- 1
- Mazda 6
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01873, longitude -3.83739, in the EX36 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Molton. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Molton, North Devon, EX36 3AB area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250CS2F016
- 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
- 3227
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 29 November 2018.
Slight
Nissan Note crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 29 November 2018
At the same spotRef 2018500803015
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 6 January 2016
8 m awayRef 201650CS2F001
Slight
BMW M1 crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 14 January 2022
9 m awayRef 2022501137198
Serious
Land Rover Freelander crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 21 December 2023
19 m awayRef 2023501390907
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B3226 in North Devon, 29 May 2002
27 m awayRef 200250C243182
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3226 in North Devon, 25 February 2023
30 m awayRef 2023501280403
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 6
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Mazda 6)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 201250CS2F016 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.