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Serious B3176 crash in East Devon on 2 January 1985 at 08:00 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3176 in East Devon at 08:00 on Wednesday 2 January 1985. The 56-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 was seriously injured and the 23-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an icy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jan 1985
Wednesday, 08:00
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69275, longitude -3.25149, in the EX10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550D330008
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3176
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Frost or ice

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 12 July 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198550D330008 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.