A39 crash in North Devon on 2 May 2025 at 13:25 involving a Fiat Ducato
A Fiat Ducato, two Audi A3 cars and a Peugeot Boxer van were involved in a crash on the A39 in North Devon at 13:25 on Friday 2 May 2025. The 22-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was 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
- 2 May 2025
- Friday, 13:25
- Vehicles
- 4
- Fiat Ducato and 3 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.03246, longitude -4.17446, in the EX39 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501585000
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 39
- 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, 65 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 10 February 2007.
Serious
BMW 5 Series crash on the A39 in Torridge, 10 February 2007
65 m awayRef 200750C41B884
Slight
Volvo crash on the A39 in North Devon, 24 October 1994
75 m awayRef 199450C411284
Slight
Qingqi QM 125 crash on the A39 in North Devon, 21 November 2017
100 m awayRef 2017500243948
Fatal
Peugeot Partner crash on the A39 in North Devon, 10 May 2010
175 m awayRef 201050CB2Q002
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A39 in North Devon, 21 November 2009
215 m awayRef 200950CB2Q016
Slight
Kia Soul crash on the A39 in North Devon, 14 November 2022
260 m awayRef 2022501243664
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Fiat Ducato
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Emergency vehicle (blue light) on response
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,287 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,395 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 3: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 4: Peugeot Boxer
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Towing and articulation
- Caravan
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,446 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025501585000 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 2025.