B3137 crash in North Devon on 11 December 2020 at 17:20 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on the B3137 in North Devon at 17:20 on Friday 11 December 2020. The 25-year-old female driver of the Honda Jazz and an 11-year-old male passenger in the Citroen Xsara were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Dec 2020
- Friday, 17:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and Citroen Xsara
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.94774, longitude -3.74813, in the EX36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020501014395
- 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
- 3137
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, 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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 18 February 2019.
Serious
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 18 February 2019
6 m awayRef 2019500825071
Serious
Mercedes B Class crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 29 September 2010
6 m awayRef 201050CS2P001
Fatal
Renault Clio crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 10 September 2007
6 m awayRef 200750C21L224
Slight
Land Rover 90 crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 9 October 1993
8 m awayRef 199350C241283
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 6 December 2008
8 m awayRef 200850CS2P001
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3137 in North Devon, 22 August 2022
9 m awayRef 2022501211966
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 11, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- 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 2020501014395 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.