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B3215 crash in West Devon on 21 January 2016 at 09:30 involving a Suzuki Alto

Two Suzuki Altos were involved in a crash on the B3215 in West Devon at 09:30 on Thursday 21 January 2016. The 90-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and the 23-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
21 Jan 2016
Thursday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Suzuki Alto and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74273, longitude -3.99361, in the EX20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Okehampton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Okehampton South, West Devon, EX20 1AU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201650JO2R001
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3215
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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
Daylight
Weather
Raining, 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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 September 2023.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Alto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    90 years
    Engine capacity
    1,061 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki Alto

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    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
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    30 to 40% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 90, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Alto)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% least deprived

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki Alto)

    Home area deprivation
    30 to 40% 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 201650JO2R001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 2016.