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Fatal A30 crash in West Devon on 12 December 1983 at 09:05 involving a lorry

A lorry and three cars were involved in a crash on the A30 in West Devon at 09:05 on Monday 12 December 1983. A 40-year-old male passenger in vehicle 2 was killed, three other people were seriously injured and one was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
12 Dec 1983
Monday, 09:05
Vehicles
4
Lorry and 3 others
Casualties
5
1 killed, 3 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7406, longitude -3.97275, in the EX20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198350C510591
Council area
West 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
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Articulated vehicle
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Jackknifed
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Lamp post
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 4: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, 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 198350C510591 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 1983.