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A3072 crash in Torridge on 17 July 1995 at 17:18 involving an Austin Maestro

An Austin Maestro, a Citroen BX and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A3072 in Torridge at 17:18 on Monday 17 July 1995. A 30-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Jul 1995
Monday, 17:18
Vehicles
3
Austin Maestro and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8171, longitude -4.39735, in the EX22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550C420903
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3072
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered 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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    44 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen BX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 3: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    59 years
    Engine capacity
    1,766 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (BMW 3 Series)

    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 199550C420903 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 1995.