A361 crash in North Devon on 17 May 1985 at 13:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 13:10 on Friday 17 May 1985. The 35-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 May 1985
- Friday, 13:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.15863, longitude -4.1357, in the EX34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550C310155
- 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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2010.
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A361 in North Devon, 17 March 2010
10 m awayRef 201050CI2C005
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A361 in North Devon, 12 May 2007
10 m awayRef 200750C31F517
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A361 in North Devon, 27 December 1985
20 m awayRef 198550C240602
Slight
Fiat Punto crash on the A361 in North Devon, 26 June 2009
22 m awayRef 200950CI2C008
Slight
Land Rover Freelander crash on the A361 in North Devon, 18 January 2010
28 m awayRef 201050CI2C001
Slight
Kawasaki crash on the A361 in North Devon, 25 September 2008
41 m awayRef 200850CI2C007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, 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 198550C310155 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 1985.