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Serious A377 crash in Mid Devon on 26 April 1986 at 12:40 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A377 in Mid Devon at 12:40 on Saturday 26 April 1986. All seven casualties were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Apr 1986
Saturday, 12:40
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
7
7 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78051, longitude -3.62434, in the EX17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198650D430702
Council area
Mid 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
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, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 November 2018.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years

Casualties (7)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 7: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 198650D430702 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 1986.