C road crash in Mid Devon EX15 on 13 October 1987 at 08:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Mid Devon at 08:00 on Tuesday 13 October 1987. The 17-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 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
- 13 Oct 1987
- Tuesday, 08:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90274, longitude -3.23436, in the EX15 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198750D421654
- Council area
- Mid Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- 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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 33 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198750D421654 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.