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Serious B3212 crash in West Devon on 14 April 2017 at 02:07 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra crashed on the B3212 in West Devon at 02:07 on Friday 14 April 2017. The 18-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
14 Apr 2017
Friday, 02:07
Vehicles
1
Nissan Micra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.51925, longitude -4.03405, in the PL20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2017500176136
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
3212
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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
Dry

Enhanced collision data

Serious injury band
Less serious
How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 95 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 May 2016.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,240 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Nissan Micra)

    Serious injury band
    Less serious
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2017500176136 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 2017.