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B3174 crash in East Devon on 27 July 1985 at 15:07 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3174 in East Devon at 15:07 on Saturday 27 July 1985. The 75-year-old female driver of vehicle 1 and a 79-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jul 1985
Saturday, 15:07
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72121, longitude -3.16994, in the EX24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550D341367
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3174
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 April 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, 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 198550D341367 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.