B3343 crash in North Devon on 3 February 2019 at 02:45 involving a Chevrolet Matiz
A Chevrolet Matiz crashed on the B3343 in North Devon at 02:45 on Sunday 3 February 2019. The 19-year-old female driver, a 17-year-old female passenger and a 20-year-old male passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Feb 2019
- Sunday, 02:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Chevrolet Matiz
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17622, longitude -4.1616, in the EX34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500819711
- Council area
- North 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
- 3343
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no 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, 68 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 2006.
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B3343 in North Devon, 29 August 2006
68 m awayRef 200650C31K836
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the B3343 in North Devon, 26 July 2014
86 m awayRef 201450CI2A006
Serious
MG Maestro crash on the B3343 in North Devon, 16 September 1990
102 m awayRef 199050C311019
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B3343 in North Devon, 23 June 2001
109 m awayRef 200150C313723
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3343 in North Devon, 4 February 1993
120 m awayRef 199350C310157
Slight
Car crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 4 April 1988
148 m awayRef 198850C314371
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Chevrolet Matiz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Matiz)
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Matiz)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet Matiz)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2019500819711 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 2019.