A376 crash in East Devon on 8 March 1985 at 07:50 involving a car
A car crashed on the A376 in East Devon at 07:50 on Friday 8 March 1985. The 21-year-old male driver and a 21-year-old male passenger were 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
- 8 Mar 1985
- Friday, 07:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.68468, longitude -3.44393, in the EX3 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550D210385
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 376
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 February 2012.
Slight
Volvo V50 crash on the A376 in East Devon, 25 February 2012
15 m awayRef 201250KE3M004
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A376 in East Devon, 9 February 1993
22 m awayRef 199350D210315
Slight
Van crash on the A376 in East Devon, 23 October 1979
22 m awayRef 197950L760767
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A376 in East Devon, 13 August 1997
22 m awayRef 199750D312744
Serious
Volkswagen Scirocco crash on the A376 in East Devon, 25 August 2024
26 m awayRef 2024501491540
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A376 in East Devon, 28 February 1983
51 m awayRef 198350D310311
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198550D210385 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 1985.