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Unclassified road crash in Torridge EX39 on 17 November 2015 at 21:17 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Ford B-Max were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torridge at 21:17 on Tuesday 17 November 2015. The 22-year-old male driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 75-year-old female driver of the Ford B-Max and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Ford B-Max were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Nov 2015
Tuesday, 21:17
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Ford B-Max
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02481, longitude -4.20726, in the EX39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bideford. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bideford North, Torridge, EX39 2AR area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201550CD3D017
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
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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
5%
Estimated chance it was slight
95%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Wall or fence
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford B-Max

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    75 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford B-Max)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford B-Max)

    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 201550CD3D017 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.