B3391 crash in Mid Devon on 26 February 1987 at 21:35 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3391 in Mid Devon at 21:35 on Thursday 26 February 1987. The 28-year-old female driver of vehicle 2, the 26-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and a 24-year-old male passenger in vehicle 1 were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Feb 1987
- Thursday, 21:35
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.89969, longitude -3.34733, in the EX15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Uffculme.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198750D420271
- Council area
- Mid Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3391
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 20 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 November 1984.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3391 in Mid Devon, 20 November 1984
20 m awayRef 198450D422118
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3391 in Mid Devon, 11 October 1986
36 m awayRef 198650D421847
Serious
Chrysler Neon crash on the B3440 in Mid Devon, 4 March 2015
46 m awayRef 201550KU2I002
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3440 in Mid Devon, 13 October 2025
48 m awayRef 2025501654100
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3440 in Mid Devon, 18 January 2008
50 m awayRef 200850D41A354
Serious
Chrysler Sunbeam crash on the B3391 in Mid Devon, 6 December 1990
50 m awayRef 199050D422436
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 198750D420271 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 1987.