B3260 crash in West Devon on 9 November 2012 at 18:25 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ford KA were involved in a crash on the B3260 in West Devon at 18:25 on Friday 9 November 2012. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 41-year-old male driver of the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Nov 2012
- Friday, 18:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford KA
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74112, longitude -3.98744, in the EX20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Okehampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Okehampton South, West Devon, EX20 1AU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250JO2R002
- Council area
- West 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
- 3260
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2003.
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 1 May 2003
13 m awayRef 200350C51E097
Slight
Aprilia crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 10 February 2001
13 m awayRef 200150C510867
Serious
Audi A3 crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 28 December 2024
19 m awayRef 2024501535499
Slight
Car crash on the B3215 in West Devon, 23 December 2001
20 m awayRef 200150C517980
Serious
Toyota Carina crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 16 July 2001
23 m awayRef 200150C514476
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 31 May 1994
23 m awayRef 199450C510613
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
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 201250JO2R002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 2012.