A379 crash in East Devon on 31 May 1987 at 17:15 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A379 in East Devon at 17:15 on Sunday 31 May 1987. The 24-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 1987
- Sunday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71283, longitude -3.46562, in the EX2 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198750D210796
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 379
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 379
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, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 October 2024.
Slight
Mini Countryman crash on the A379 in Exeter, 18 October 2024
3 m awayRef 2024501510068
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A379 in East Devon, 21 July 1998
10 m awayRef 199850D214325
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A376 in Exeter, 30 September 2025
12 m awayRef 2025501661544
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A379 in Exeter, 23 September 2023
13 m awayRef 2023501355839
Slight
Chevrolet Matiz crash on the A379 in Exeter, 12 December 2017
14 m awayRef 2017500251394
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A379 in Exeter, 30 August 2008
14 m awayRef 200850DE2Q016
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, 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 198750D210796 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 1987.