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B3343 crash in North Devon on 8 July 1990 at 01:00 involving an Austin Montego

An Austin Montego crashed on the B3343 in North Devon at 01:00 on Sunday 8 July 1990. The 26-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old female passenger were 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
8 Jul 1990
Sunday, 01:00
Vehicles
1
Austin Montego
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.17289, longitude -4.19144, in the EX34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050C310682
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3343
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, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 31 July 2001.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,994 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Montego)

    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 199050C310682 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1990.