B3230 crash in North Devon on 3 September 2025 at 14:05 involving a Ford Focus
A car and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the B3230 in North Devon at 14:05 on Wednesday 3 September 2025. A 51-year-old female passenger in the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Sep 2025
- Wednesday, 14:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.14402, longitude -4.07459, in the EX31 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501637128
- 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
- 3230
- 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
- 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
- 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, 58 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 22 July 1990.
Serious
Honda MTX125RW crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 22 July 1990
58 m awayRef 199050C230739
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 14 May 1990
58 m awayRef 199050C310467
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 31 December 1987
62 m awayRef 198750C233477
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 1 December 2022
81 m awayRef 2022501252340
Serious
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 1 February 2025
85 m awayRef 2025501549107
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 2 August 1981
85 m awayRef 198150H560380
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- 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
- Front
Vehicle 2: Ford Focus
Car
- 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2025501637128 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.