A3124 crash in Torridge on 17 August 2017 at 16:01 involving a Toyota Hilux
A Toyota Hilux and a Volkswagen Caddy were involved in a crash on the A3124 in Torridge at 16:01 on Thursday 17 August 2017. A 54-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Caddy was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Aug 2017
- Thursday, 16:01
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Hilux and Volkswagen Caddy
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.93496, longitude -4.105, in the EX38 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500217237
- 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
- 3124
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- A
- Second road number
- 3124
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, 31 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 2024.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A3124 in Torridge, 15 December 2024
31 m awayRef 2024501530307
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A3124 in Torridge, 24 March 2011
38 m awayRef 201150CT2P001
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3220 in Torridge, 20 March 1999
47 m awayRef 199950C431983
Slight
Aprilia Tuono crash on the A3124 in Torridge, 15 August 2019
114 m awayRef 2019500886569
Serious
Car crash on the B3220 in Torridge, 11 July 1981
115 m awayRef 198150H610333
Slight
Scania crash on the A3124 in Torridge, 2 November 2020
235 m awayRef 2020501004972
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 67 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,393 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Caddy
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Caddy)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2017500217237 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 2017.