A3123 crash in North Devon on 15 May 2020 at 12:20 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus, a Ford KA and a Smart Fortwo were involved in a crash on the A3123 in North Devon at 12:20 on Friday 15 May 2020. The 19-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and the 33-year-old female driver of the Ford KA were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 May 2020
- Friday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 3
- Ford Focus and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17905, longitude -4.11804, 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
- 2020500953199
- 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
- 3123
- 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
- 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 serious injury crash on 20 November 2025.
Serious
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A3123 in North Devon, 20 November 2025
31 m awayRef 2025501670916
Serious
BMW crash on the A3123 in North Devon, 29 March 2019
55 m awayRef 2019500834073
Slight
Lorry crash on the A3123 in North Devon, 16 March 2018
100 m awayRef 2018500279644
Slight
Kia Pride crash on the A3123 in North Devon, 4 July 1993
162 m awayRef 199350C310724
Slight
Leyland DAF FA 45 crash on the A3123 in North Devon, 2 September 2002
172 m awayRef 200250C315550
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A3123 in North Devon, 2 April 2022
197 m awayRef 2022501171035
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
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
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford KA
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Smart Fortwo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- 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
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford KA)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2020500953199 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 2020.