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Serious unclassified road crash in North Devon EX32 on 19 August 2013 at 02:51 involving a Peugeot 406

A Peugeot 406 crashed on an unclassified road in North Devon at 02:51 on Monday 19 August 2013. A 24-year-old male passenger and a 53-year-old male passenger were seriously injured and the 44-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Aug 2013
Monday, 02:51
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 406
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.08758, longitude -3.97479, in the EX32 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201350CB2H001
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 4 December 1980.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 406

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Entering from slip road
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years
    Engine capacity
    2,946 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 406)

    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 201350CB2H001 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 2013.