A39 crash in North Devon on 24 July 2015 at 12:17 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A39 in North Devon at 12:17 on Friday 24 July 2015. The 21-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta and the 53-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Jul 2015
- Friday, 12:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05987, longitude -4.10756, in the EX31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550CB3C006
- Council area
- North 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
- 39
- 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
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 2002.
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the A39 in North Devon, 17 June 2002
12 m awayRef 200250C213658
Slight
Fiat Ducato crash on the A39 in North Devon, 1 December 2020
13 m awayRef 2020501007799
Fatal
Isuzu Trucks Grafter crash on the A39 in North Devon, 10 January 2019
30 m awayRef 2019500930164
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on the A39 in North Devon, 20 August 2015
55 m awayRef 201550CB2D029
Slight
Chrysler Ypsilon crash on the A39 in North Devon, 30 October 2018
76 m awayRef 2018500803692
Fatal
Toyota Celica crash on the A39 in North Devon, 27 August 2021
76 m awayRef 2021501087117
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
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 201550CB3C006 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.