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A396 crash in Mid Devon on 14 September 1985 at 09:30 involving a car

A car and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A396 in Mid Devon at 09:30 on Saturday 14 September 1985. The 38-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Sep 1985
Saturday, 09:30
Vehicles
2
Car and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90993, longitude -3.48944, in the EX16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tiverton.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550D411752
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
396
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3391

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 January 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198550D411752 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 1985.