A39 crash in North Devon on 23 October 2017 at 13:57 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A39 in North Devon at 13:57 on Monday 23 October 2017. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Oct 2017
- Monday, 13:57
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.19237, longitude -3.90155, in the EX31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500235729
- 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
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining with 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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 January 2015.
Slight
Car crash on the A39 in North Devon, 29 January 2015
8 m awayRef 201550CL2C001
Slight
Yamaha YZF R1 crash on the A39 in North Devon, 25 September 2018
10 m awayRef 2018500800335
Slight
Peugeot 308 crash on the A39 in North Devon, 15 December 2019
10 m awayRef 2019500923785
Slight
Mercedes 200 crash on the A39 in North Devon, 10 June 1993
14 m awayRef 199350C320630
Slight
Land Rover 110 crash on the A39 in North Devon, 27 July 2003
16 m awayRef 200350C31J012
Serious
Van crash on the A39 in North Devon, 25 February 1989
22 m awayRef 198950C320227
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
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
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,398 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 2017500235729 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.