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Serious A376 crash in East Devon on 26 June 1990 at 21:09 involving a Datsun Bluebird

A Datsun Bluebird crashed on the A376 in East Devon at 21:09 on Tuesday 26 June 1990. All six casualties were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Jun 1990
Tuesday, 21:09
Vehicles
1
Datsun Bluebird
Casualties
6
6 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69794, longitude -3.44845, in the EX5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050D211210
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
376
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
70 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 July 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Datsun Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Bluebird)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Bluebird)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Bluebird)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Bluebird)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Bluebird)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Datsun Bluebird)

    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 199050D211210 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 1990.