C road crash in Mid Devon EX17 on 14 August 1982 at 15:15 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on a C road in Mid Devon at 15:15 on Saturday 14 August 1982. An 8-year-old female passenger in the car and a 5-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Aug 1982
- Saturday, 15:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.86721, longitude -3.74261, in the EX17 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198250D431400
- Council area
- Mid Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1.2 km away, was a slight injury crash on 11 November 2012.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon, 11 November 2012
1.2 km awayRef 201250KC2D003
Slight
Lorry crash on a C road in Mid Devon, 11 June 1984
1.2 km awayRef 198450D430933
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Mid Devon, 24 March 1982
1.4 km awayRef 198250D430475
Serious
Ford Escort crash on a C road in Mid Devon, 19 August 1995
1.5 km awayRef 199550D431783
Slight
Leyland DAF FT 95 crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon, 7 December 2001
1.5 km awayRef 200150D437701
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon, 7 June 1985
1.5 km awayRef 198550D430999
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 49 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198250D431400 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 1982.