A388 crash in Torridge on 13 May 2016 at 12:54 involving a Fiat Scudo
A Fiat Scudo and a BMW X3 were involved in a crash on the A388 in Torridge at 12:54 on Friday 13 May 2016. The 73-year-old male driver of the Fiat Scudo and the 62-year-old female driver of the BMW X3 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
- 13 May 2016
- Friday, 12:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Fiat Scudo and BMW X3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88983, longitude -4.27805, in the EX22 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500089763
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 March 2013.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A388 in Torridge, 24 March 2013
At the same spotRef 201350CH2D001
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the A388 in Torridge, 10 October 2011
15 m awayRef 201150CH2D001
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A388 in Torridge, 15 September 2021
17 m awayRef 2021501096921
Serious
Lorry crash on the A388 in Torridge, 19 September 1997
32 m awayRef 199750C423505
Slight
MG HS crash on the A388 in Torridge, 16 August 2023
54 m awayRef 2023501342333
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A388 in Torridge, 7 April 1997
58 m awayRef 199750C421120
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Scudo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- 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
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Vehicle 2: BMW X3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Fiat Scudo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW X3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016500089763 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 2016.