B3234 crash in North Devon on 2 August 2025 at 14:20 involving a Peugeot Boxer van
A Peugeot Boxer van and a Volvo XC40 were involved in a crash on the B3234 in North Devon at 14:20 on Saturday 2 August 2025. The 33-year-old male driver of the Volvo XC40 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 Aug 2025
- Saturday, 14:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot Boxer and Volvo XC40
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.22852, longitude -3.83064, in the EX35 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501625176
- 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
- 3234
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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, 15 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 September 1983.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3234 in North Devon, 7 September 1983
15 m awayRef 198350C320419
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the B3234 in North Devon, 26 November 2022
16 m awayRef 2022501246908
Serious
Car crash on the B3224 in North Devon, 29 February 2008
20 m awayRef 200850C32C163
Slight
Mitsubishi L200 crash on the B3234 in North Devon, 10 June 2002
29 m awayRef 200250C323487
Slight
Car crash on the B3234 in North Devon, 6 July 1981
52 m awayRef 198150H590320
Serious
Fiat Uno crash on the B3234 in North Devon, 30 March 1996
74 m awayRef 199650C320935
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot Boxer
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- 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
- 60 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Volvo XC40
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,969 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo XC40)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least 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 2025501625176 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.