A39 crash in Torridge on 2 October 2016 at 16:03 involving a Mini Cooper
Two cars, a Mini Cooper and a BMW X5 were involved in a crash on the A39 in Torridge at 16:03 on Sunday 2 October 2016. The 48-year-old female driver of the Mini Cooper was 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
- 2 Oct 2016
- Sunday, 16:03
- Vehicles
- 4
- Mini Cooper and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.98532, longitude -4.30182, 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
- 2016500114829
- 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
- 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
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2001.
Slight
Citroen BX crash on the A39 in Torridge, 3 December 2001
28 m awayRef 200150C417635
Serious
Car crash on the A39 in Torridge, 27 March 1999
40 m awayRef 199950C411627
Serious
Suzuki Vitara crash on the A39 in Torridge, 11 February 1995
40 m awayRef 199550C410483
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A39 in Torridge, 26 May 1999
40 m awayRef 199950C412895
Slight
Suzuki SJ crash on the A39 in Torridge, 20 October 1996
40 m awayRef 199650C413258
Slight
Hyundai Tucson crash on the A39 in Torridge, 18 January 2024
44 m awayRef 2024501404417
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 3: BMW X5
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least 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 2016500114829 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.