Serious A39 crash in North Devon on 10 September 2017 at 18:05 involving a Citroen C2
A Citroen C2 and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A39 in North Devon at 18:05 on Sunday 10 September 2017. The 23-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine but windy weather on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 10 Sep 2017
- Sunday, 18:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C2 and bicycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07523, longitude -4.04395, in the EX32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnstaple. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newport, North Devon, EX32 8NX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500232885
- Council area
- North Devon
- 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
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 December 2025.
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A39 in North Devon, 21 December 2025
3 m awayRef 2025501688617
Slight
Ford Focus crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 16 July 2007
4 m awayRef 200750C21I539
Slight
Peugeot 107 crash on the A39 in North Devon, 4 October 2021
6 m awayRef 2021501102605
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A361 in North Devon, 8 February 1994
6 m awayRef 199450C210166
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A361 in North Devon, 5 May 2003
10 m awayRef 200350C21E082
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A39 in North Devon, 24 July 2008
10 m awayRef 200850CB2U018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Leaving roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SeriousMale, aged 23, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)
- Serious injury band
- Less serious
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 2017500232885 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 2017.