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A376 crash in East Devon on 31 January 1993 at 14:20 involving a Rover 800 Series

A Rover 800 Series, a Peugeot 205 and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A376 in East Devon at 14:20 on Sunday 31 January 1993. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 205 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Jan 1993
Sunday, 14:20
Vehicles
3
Rover 800 Series and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71234, longitude -3.46164, in the EX5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199350D210259
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
376
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Other junction
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, 20 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 April 1990.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 800 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    2,675 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 205

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 3: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 205)

    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 199350D210259 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 1993.