A386 crash in Torridge on 26 September 2020 at 14:23 involving an Audi A2
An Audi A2, a Toyota Corolla and a car were involved in a crash on the A386 in Torridge at 14:23 on Saturday 26 September 2020. The 31-year-old male driver of the Audi A2 and the 23-year-old male driver of the Toyota Corolla 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
- 26 Sep 2020
- Saturday, 14:23
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A2 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00922, longitude -4.20657, in the EX39 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Torridge
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020500987669
- Council area
- Torridge
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 386
- 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, 21 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 1987.
Slight
Van crash on the A386 in Torridge, 3 September 1987
21 m awayRef 198750C412955
Serious
Seat Ibiza crash on the A386 in Torridge, 7 December 2025
27 m awayRef 2025501679667
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A386 in Torridge, 13 December 2016
45 m awayRef 2016500141720
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in Torridge, 4 November 1989
67 m awayRef 198950C411273
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A286 in Torridge, 20 November 1995
67 m awayRef 199550C411558
Fatal
Bicycle crash on the A386 in Torridge, 3 August 2008
75 m awayRef 200850CD3B002
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A2
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,332 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 22 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 62 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Audi A2)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Corolla)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020500987669 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 2020.