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C road crash in East Devon EX8 on 14 December 1992 at 14:50 involving a Land Rover

A Land Rover and an Opel Ascona were involved in a crash on a C road in East Devon at 14:50 on Monday 14 December 1992. The 67-year-old male driver of the Opel Ascona and the 25-year-old male driver of the Land Rover were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Dec 1992
Monday, 14:50
Vehicles
2
Land Rover and Opel Ascona
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.64274, longitude -3.40206, in the EX8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exmouth.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199250D312244
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 102 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 19 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    2,286 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

  • Vehicle 2: Opel Ascona

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    1,584 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Opel Ascona)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 25, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover)

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 199250D312244 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 1992.