A39 crash in North Devon on 25 October 2025 at 15:26 involving a Mazda CX-60
A Mazda CX-60 and a Mazda 3 were involved in a crash on the A39 in North Devon at 15:26 on Saturday 25 October 2025. The 46-year-old male driver of the Mazda 3 and a 42-year-old female passenger in the Mazda 3 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 2025
- Saturday, 15:26
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda CX-60 and Mazda 3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06221, longitude -4.07724, in the EX31 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Roundswell, North Devon, EX31 3AR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501664237
- 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
- 40 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
- 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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2017.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A39 in North Devon, 6 March 2017
30 m awayRef 2017500166962
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A39 in North Devon, 26 November 2025
36 m awayRef 2025501675365
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A39 in North Devon, 30 June 1996
52 m awayRef 199650C211951
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A39 in North Devon, 22 October 2017
53 m awayRef 2017500234946
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A39 in North Devon, 8 January 2004
75 m awayRef 200450C21A754
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A39 in North Devon, 18 July 2011
104 m awayRef 201150CB2E006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda CX-60
Car
- Manoeuvre
- U-turn
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 73 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,488 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Vehicle 2: Mazda 3
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 3)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2025501664237 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.