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Serious unclassified road crash in Mid Devon EX16 on 15 December 1990 at 20:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra and a Citroen BX were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Mid Devon at 20:20 on Saturday 15 December 1990. A 72-year-old male passenger in the Citroen BX was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet road with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
15 Dec 1990
Saturday, 20:20
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astra and Citroen BX
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.9283, longitude -3.36168, in the EX16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050D422466
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Speed limit
50 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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 20 June 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen BX)

    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 199050D422466 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 1990.