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Serious A388 crash in Torridge on 30 January 1983 at 11:25 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A388 in Torridge at 11:25 on Sunday 30 January 1983. The 47-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
30 Jan 1983
Sunday, 11:25
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81464, longitude -4.35023, in the EX22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Holsworthy.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198350C420036
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
388
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 October 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 198350C420036 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 1983.