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Serious A30 crash in East Devon on 23 November 1990 at 17:00 involving a Talbot Horizon

A Talbot Horizon, a Bedford van and a van were involved in a crash on the A30 in East Devon at 17:00 on Friday 23 November 1990. The 17-year-old male driver of the Talbot Horizon, a 17-year-old male passenger in the Talbot Horizon and the 49-year-old male driver of the van were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Serious
Date
23 Nov 1990
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
3
Talbot Horizon and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79141, longitude -3.21723, in the EX14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050D352347
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
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 13 October 1993.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Talbot Horizon

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,442 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bedford

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    1,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Horizon)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Talbot Horizon)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, van occupant, in vehicle 3 (Van)

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 199050D352347 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.