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B3218 crash in West Devon on 19 December 1990 at 16:30 involving a Datsun Bluebird

A Datsun Bluebird crashed on the B3218 in West Devon at 16:30 on Wednesday 19 December 1990. The 19-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1990
Wednesday, 16:30
Vehicles
1
Datsun Bluebird
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74887, longitude -4.1659, in the EX21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050C511373
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3218
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 91 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 January 2009.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,770 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Bluebird)

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 199050C511373 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 1990.