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Fatal C road crash in West Devon PL20 on 4 January 1981 at 10:45 involving a car

A car and a lorry were involved in a crash on a C road in West Devon at 10:45 on Sunday 4 January 1981. The 70-year-old female driver of the car was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Fatal
Date
4 Jan 1981
Sunday, 10:45
Vehicles
2
Car and lorry
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.51949, longitude -4.07891, in the PL20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150G530002
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198150G530002 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 1981.