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A3124 crash in West Devon on 8 December 2012 at 09:27 involving a Volvo 940

A Volvo 940 crashed on the A3124 in West Devon at 09:27 on Saturday 8 December 2012. The 41-year-old female driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Dec 2012
Saturday, 09:27
Vehicles
1
Volvo 940
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.83684, longitude -3.94322, in the EX19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201250JO4N001
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3124
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
Frost or ice
Special conditions at the site
Mud
Carriageway hazards
Mud

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, 128 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 April 2006.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,316 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol and LPG
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 940)

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 201250JO4N001 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.