A3052 crash in East Devon on 1 June 1985 at 11:05 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A3052 in East Devon at 11:05 on Saturday 1 June 1985. The 70-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 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
- 1 Jun 1985
- Saturday, 11:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71321, longitude -3.12385, in the EX12 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550D340964
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 3052
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 December 2014.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 23 December 2014
14 m awayRef 201450KN3G002
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 6 October 2013
17 m awayRef 201350KN3G006
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 14 December 2012
18 m awayRef 201250KN3G006
Serious
Skoda Yeti crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 31 August 2017
18 m awayRef 2017500224489
Slight
Car crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 5 July 1982
50 m awayRef 198250D341123
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3052 in East Devon, 22 August 1982
64 m awayRef 198250D341546
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 38 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 70, 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 198550D340964 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.