Unclassified road crash in West Devon PL19 on 19 June 2020 at 18:17 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and a Peugeot 207 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Devon at 18:17 on Friday 19 June 2020. The 52-year-old male driver of the Ford Focus and the 17-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 207 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jun 2020
- Friday, 18:17
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and Peugeot 207
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.52021, longitude -4.18663, in the PL19 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020500961100
- Council area
- West Devon
- 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
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3257
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 2018.
Slight
Seat Arosa crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 3 August 2018
5 m awayRef 2018500321105
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 25 August 2008
14 m awayRef 200850JT2D005
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 23 May 2002
14 m awayRef 200250E611204
Serious
Lexus IS250 crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 29 June 2012
15 m awayRef 201250JT2D005
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 1 September 1994
31 m awayRef 199450E612194
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 13 September 2010
77 m awayRef 201050JT2D005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,397 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 207)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020500961100 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 2020.