A3072 crash in West Devon on 19 September 2012 at 09:02 involving an Alfa Romeo 147
An Alfa Romeo 147, a car and a Ford Transit Connect van were involved in a crash on the A3072 in West Devon at 09:02 on Wednesday 19 September 2012. The 38-year-old female driver of the Alfa Romeo 147 and the 52-year-old female driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Sep 2012
- Wednesday, 09:02
- Vehicles
- 3
- Alfa Romeo 147 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78825, longitude -3.90063, in the EX20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250JO4P004
- 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
- 3072
- 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2012.
Slight
Mazda 2 crash on the A3072 in West Devon, 22 August 2012
3 m awayRef 201250JO4P003
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A3072 in West Devon, 15 October 2020
54 m awayRef 2020500993947
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A3072 in West Devon, 29 January 2009
60 m awayRef 200950JO4P001
Slight
DAF Trucks crash on the B3215 in West Devon, 17 June 2010
91 m awayRef 201050JO4P002
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on an unclassified road in Swansea, 19 November 2001
119 m awayRef 2001620049007
Serious
Car crash on the A3072 in West Devon, 28 November 1982
133 m awayRef 198250C520549
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Alfa Romeo 147
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Transit Connect
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Alfa Romeo 147)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 201250JO4P004 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.