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A3124 crash in Torridge on 16 August 2021 at 11:15 involving a Fiat 500

A Fiat 500 and a Vauxhall Zafira were involved in a crash on the A3124 in Torridge at 11:15 on Monday 16 August 2021. The 27-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Zafira, a 6-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira and a 5-year-old male passenger in the Vauxhall Zafira were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Aug 2021
Monday, 11:15
Vehicles
2
Fiat 500 and Vauxhall Zafira
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.88908, longitude -3.98462, in the EX19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2021501090916
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3124
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
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, 161 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 March 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Fiat 500

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    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
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Zafira)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    20 to 30% 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 2021501090916 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 2021.