A361 crash in North Devon on 30 January 1981 at 20:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 20:00 on Friday 30 January 1981. The 33-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 22-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jan 1981
- Friday, 20:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11319, longitude -4.16175, in the EX33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Braunton.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198150H560042
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 September 2016.
Serious
Toyota Yaris crash on the A361 in North Devon, 11 September 2016
10 m awayRef 2016500109637
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on the A361 in North Devon, 11 May 2008
10 m awayRef 200850CN2B003
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A361 in North Devon, 19 June 2005
10 m awayRef 200550C23H336
Serious
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 20 November 1981
10 m awayRef 198150H560615
Serious
Toyota Corolla crash on the A361 in North Devon, 9 August 2003
10 m awayRef 200350C23J279
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A361 in North Devon, 21 October 2019
12 m awayRef 2019500896056
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198150H560042 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 1981.