Serious A361 crash in North Devon on 14 September 1982 at 17:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 17:45 on Tuesday 14 September 1982. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three 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
- Serious
- Date
- 14 Sep 1982
- Tuesday, 17:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 4
- 1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.06603, longitude -4.02267, in the EX32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198250C210405
- 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
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1982.
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 24 December 1982
10 m awayRef 198250C210618
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A361 in North Devon, 18 May 1981
30 m awayRef 198150H560218
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 1 July 1988
71 m awayRef 198850C214688
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 6 January 1983
95 m awayRef 198350C210007
Slight
Car crash on the A361 in North Devon, 7 April 1979
106 m awayRef 197950H560112
Slight
Lorry crash on the A361 in North Devon, 19 October 1986
132 m awayRef 198650C211120
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 50 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 198250C210405 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.