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A361 crash in North Devon on 27 July 1995 at 10:35 involving a Ford Granada

Four vehicles, including a Ford Granada and a Vauxhall Cavalier, were involved in a crash on the A361 in North Devon at 10:35 on Thursday 27 July 1995. The 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Granada and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 405 were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Jul 1995
Thursday, 10:35
Vehicles
4
Ford Granada and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00578, longitude -3.74951, in the EX36 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550C240954
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 April 2001.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,769 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 4: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Granada)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Peugeot 405)

    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 199550C240954 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1995.