B3137 crash in North Devon on 21 December 2016 at 17:02 involving a Skoda Yeti
A Skoda Yeti crashed on the B3137 in North Devon at 17:02 on Wednesday 21 December 2016. The 70-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Dec 2016
- Wednesday, 17:02
- Vehicles
- 1
- Skoda Yeti
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9207, longitude -3.71265, in the EX16 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500152569
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3137
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 64 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 February 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Bora crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 11 February 2016
64 m awayRef 201650CS3Y001
Serious
Citroen Gsa crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 18 October 1993
65 m awayRef 199350C251340
Slight
Car crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 23 November 2002
131 m awayRef 200250C247061
Slight
Volvo 340 crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 14 August 1995
496 m awayRef 199550C251030
Slight
Car crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 4 February 2008
624 m awayRef 200850C24B087
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 26 October 2012
635 m awayRef 201250CS3Y001
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Yeti
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,197 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Yeti)
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 2016500152569 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 2016.