B3137 crash in North Devon on 26 October 2012 at 15:27 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa crashed on the B3137 in North Devon at 15:27 on Friday 26 October 2012. The 82-year-old female driver and an 88-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Oct 2012
- Friday, 15:27
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.91808, longitude -3.70461, in the EX16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250CS3Y001
- 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
- 3137
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 92 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 November 2013.
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 16 November 2013
92 m awayRef 201350CS3Y001
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3137 in Mid Devon, 1 June 2004
122 m awayRef 200450D41H262
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 14 August 1995
195 m awayRef 199550C251030
Slight
Car crash on the A373 in North Devon, 12 April 1983
199 m awayRef 198350C250154
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A373 in Mid Devon, 7 November 1983
213 m awayRef 198350C250546
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A373 in North Devon, 22 October 1983
244 m awayRef 198350C250523
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 88, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- 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 201250CS3Y001 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.