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Serious unclassified road crash in Torridge EX22 on 30 November 2014 at 17:45 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A van and a Land Rover Discovery were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torridge at 17:45 on Sunday 30 November 2014. The 77-year-old male driver of the Land Rover Discovery was seriously injured and a 73-year-old female passenger in the Land Rover Discovery and a 9-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Discovery were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Nov 2014
Sunday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Van and Land Rover Discovery
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81295, longitude -4.3498, in the EX22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Holsworthy. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holsworthy, Torridge, EX22 6GA area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201450CH2L009
Council area
Torridge
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
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
Dark, no street lighting
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

  • Vehicle 2: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 9, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 201450CH2L009 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 2014.