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Serious B3179 crash in East Devon on 10 March 1981 at 08:20 involving a van

Two vans were involved in a crash on the B3179 in East Devon at 08:20 on Tuesday 10 March 1981. A 38-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 and the 34-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were seriously injured and the 31-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
10 Mar 1981
Tuesday, 08:20
Vehicles
2
Van and another
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.68381, longitude -3.42678, in the EX5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150L760148
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3179
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 1980.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Van)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 198150L760148 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 1981.