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Serious A30 crash in East Devon on 28 August 1990 at 10:40 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A car and a Vauxhall Cavalier were involved in a crash on the A30 in East Devon at 10:40 on Tuesday 28 August 1990. The 64-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier, a 65-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Cavalier and the 24-year-old female driver of the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 Aug 1990
Tuesday, 10:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Vauxhall Cavalier
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7519, longitude -3.37356, 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
199050D211682
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 50 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 March 1993.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    24 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 64, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Cavalier)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, 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 199050D211682 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.