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A377 crash in Mid Devon on 25 February 1987 at 21:05 involving a car

Two cars were involved in a crash on the A377 in Mid Devon at 21:05 on Wednesday 25 February 1987. A 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Feb 1987
Wednesday, 21:05
Vehicles
2
Car and another
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80141, longitude -3.70993, in the EX17 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198750D430232
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    23 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198750D430232 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.