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M5 crash in East Devon on 30 June 1983 at 12:40 involving a lorry

A lorry and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the M5 in East Devon at 12:40 on Thursday 30 June 1983. A 60-year-old male passenger in the bus or coach, a 45-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach and a 15-year-old female passenger in the bus or coach were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Jun 1983
Thursday, 12:40
Vehicles
2
Lorry and bus or coach
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77335, longitude -3.45872, in the EX5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198350D211157
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
70 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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 February 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 60, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 45, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Bus or coach)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated 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 198350D211157 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 1983.