Unclassified road crash in North Devon EX32 on 2 October 2024 at 07:30 involving a Skoda Octavia
A Skoda Octavia and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in North Devon at 07:30 on Wednesday 2 October 2024. The 55-year-old male driver of the Skoda Octavia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Oct 2024
- Wednesday, 07:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Octavia and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0754, longitude -4.03691, in the EX32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnstaple. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newport, North Devon, EX32 8NX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024501498595
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No, reported using a self completion form
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 33 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 July 1982.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 1 July 1982
33 m awayRef 198250C210239
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 5 January 2017
40 m awayRef 2017500145444
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 4 May 1980
49 m awayRef 198050H560168
Slight
Talbot Matra crash on the A361 in North Devon, 24 July 1990
49 m awayRef 199050C210749
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 13 May 2024
51 m awayRef 2024501442435
Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 17 December 2006
60 m awayRef 200650C21Q020
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Octavia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go 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
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Skoda Octavia)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 20 to 100 km
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 2024501498595 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 2024.