Unclassified road crash in Torridge EX39 on 26 September 2015 at 12:45 involving a Mazda 2
A Mazda 2 and a Toyota Corolla were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torridge at 12:45 on Saturday 26 September 2015. The 24-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla and a 52-year-old female passenger in the Mazda 2 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
- 26 Sep 2015
- Saturday, 12:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 2 and Toyota Corolla
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97302, longitude -4.3443, in the EX39 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550CD2I002
- 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
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 57 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2013.
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 15 August 2013
57 m awayRef 201350CD2I003
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 27 November 2010
339 m awayRef 201050CD2I005
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A39 in Torridge, 26 August 2002
530 m awayRef 200250C415335
Serious
Peugeot 307 crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 17 October 2011
558 m awayRef 201150CD2J001
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 21 July 2017
564 m awayRef 2017500220701
Slight
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 3 November 2010
567 m awayRef 201050CD2J002
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- 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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 2)
- 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 201550CD2I002 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 2015.