A388 crash in Torridge on 17 June 2014 at 20:08 involving a Toyota Yaris
A Toyota Yaris, a Volkswagen Golf and a Massey Ferguson agricultural vehicle were involved in a crash on the A388 in Torridge at 20:08 on Tuesday 17 June 2014. The 25-year-old female driver of the Toyota Yaris and the 36-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jun 2014
- Tuesday, 20:08
- Vehicles
- 3
- Toyota Yaris and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71312, longitude -4.33103, in the PL15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201450CH3H002
- Council area
- Torridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 388
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 October 2002.
Serious
Ford Escort crash on the A388 in Torridge, 6 October 2002
4 m awayRef 200250B214042
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A388 in Torridge, 16 September 2011
11 m awayRef 201150CH3H004
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A388 in West Devon, 27 March 1981
14 m awayRef 198150H610139
Serious
Car crash on the A388 in Torridge, 22 August 2006
16 m awayRef 200650C42Q662
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A388 in Torridge, 5 December 2009
24 m awayRef 200950CH3D001
Slight
Car crash on the A388 in Torridge, 7 March 2010
26 m awayRef 201050CH3H003
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,800 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 3: Massey Ferguson
Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Yaris)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
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 201450CH3H002 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.