A361 crash in North Devon on 21 March 1982 at 13:11 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 13:11 on Sunday 21 March 1982. The 55-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 and a 45-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, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Mar 1982
- Sunday, 13:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06482, longitude -4.00935, in the EX32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198250C210094
- 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
- 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
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 April 1999.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 28 April 1999
At the same spotRef 199950C212302
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 23 July 1980
At the same spotRef 198050H560312
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 28 July 1980
At the same spotRef 198050H560323
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A361 in North Devon, 30 January 1983
At the same spotRef 198350C210032
Serious
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 30 April 1986
10 m awayRef 198650C210343
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 19 August 1985
14 m awayRef 198550C210355
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 55 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, 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 198250C210094 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 1982.