B3233 crash in North Devon on 6 December 2015 at 18:30 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the B3233 in North Devon at 18:30 on Sunday 6 December 2015. The 54-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2015
- Sunday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06664, longitude -4.15615, in the EX31 postcode district and within the built-up area of Fremington.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550CB2A003
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3233
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Wet or damp
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, 33 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 12 February 2019.
Serious
Ford Transit crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 12 February 2019
33 m awayRef 2019500821126
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in North Devon, 18 January 1989
46 m awayRef 198950C210049
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 21 July 2001
68 m awayRef 200150C214449
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A39 in North Devon, 9 June 1989
80 m awayRef 198950C410602
Slight
Volvo 460 crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 17 January 2004
81 m awayRef 200450C21A846
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 23 July 2008
123 m awayRef 200850CB2A001
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Hit object off carriageway
- Wall or fence
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 201550CB2A003 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 2015.