A361 crash in North Devon on 1 May 1986 at 08:10 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 08:10 on Thursday 1 May 1986. The 42-year-old female 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 May 1986
- Thursday, 08:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.01326, longitude -3.79598, in the EX36 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198650C240353
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 2002.
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 21 July 2002
10 m awayRef 200250C246230
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 15 February 1999
10 m awayRef 199950C240937
Serious
Mazda Montrose crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 19 November 1990
10 m awayRef 199050C241253
Serious
Lorry crash on the A361 in North Devon, 21 September 1984
14 m awayRef 198450C240453
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3227 in North Devon, 11 May 1993
85 m awayRef 199350C240461
Slight
Lorry crash on the A361 in North Devon, 15 December 1988
90 m awayRef 198850C245464
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, 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 198650C240353 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1986.