A377 crash in East Devon on 23 December 1986 at 12:05 involving a lorry
A lorry and two cars were involved in a crash on the A377 in East Devon at 12:05 on Tuesday 23 December 1986. The 62-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, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Dec 1986
- Tuesday, 12:05
- Vehicles
- 3
- Lorry and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75521, longitude -3.55428, in the EX5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198650D212425
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 377
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
- Dry
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 August 2011.
Slight
Mini One crash on the A377 in East Devon, 28 August 2011
8 m awayRef 201150KO2N005
Slight
Suzuki SX4 crash on the A377 in East Devon, 3 July 2020
9 m awayRef 2020500978802
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A377 in East Devon, 24 December 2015
12 m awayRef 201550KO2N003
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A377 in East Devon, 13 October 1986
20 m awayRef 198650D211870
Serious
Lorry crash on the A377 in East Devon, 13 February 1985
20 m awayRef 198550D210261
Serious
Car crash on the A377 in East Devon, 12 June 1985
20 m awayRef 198550D211018
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 62, 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 198650D212425 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 1986.