Unclassified road crash in Torridge EX39 on 20 August 2018 at 15:37 involving a Peugeot 308
A Peugeot 308, a Ford C-Max and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Torridge at 15:37 on Monday 20 August 2018. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Aug 2018
- Monday, 15:37
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 308 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01817, longitude -4.19211, in the EX39 postcode district and within the built-up area of Bideford.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500325491
- Council area
- Torridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- 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
- 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, 80 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 August 2014.
Slight
Daihatsu Sirion crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 5 August 2014
80 m awayRef 201450CD2E006
Slight
Lexmoto Venom 125 crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 30 December 2017
160 m awayRef 2017500259227
Slight
Dacia Sandero crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 7 November 2025
173 m awayRef 2025501705311
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 19 July 2020
191 m awayRef 2020500968339
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Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 14 December 2015
226 m awayRef 201550CD2E011
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Torridge, 15 September 1989
245 m awayRef 198950C411036
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 308
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Moving off
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford C-Max
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 308)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 2, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 6: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford C-Max)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2018500325491 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 2018.