A30 crash in East Devon on 19 August 1981 at 11:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A30 in East Devon at 11:10 on Wednesday 19 August 1981. The 68-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 60-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Aug 1981
- Wednesday, 11:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.82534, longitude -3.15209, in the EX14 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198150L780628
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 30
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2000.
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in East Devon, 20 April 2000
20 m awayRef 200050D352062
Slight
Car crash on the A30 in East Devon, 15 May 1984
30 m awayRef 198450D350755
Serious
Peugeot Partner crash on the A30 in East Devon, 6 October 2014
57 m awayRef 201450KH2D001
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A30 in East Devon, 8 August 1987
103 m awayRef 198750D351187
Slight
Volvo 440 crash on the A303 in East Devon, 21 February 2009
108 m awayRef 200950KH2D003
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in East Devon, 2 March 1979
112 m awayRef 197950L780141
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 68 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 198150L780628 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.