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A3072 crash in Torridge on 19 December 1995 at 19:50 involving a Saab 900

A Saab 900 crashed on the A3072 in Torridge at 19:50 on Tuesday 19 December 1995. The 49-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Dec 1995
Tuesday, 19:50
Vehicles
1
Saab 900
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81205, longitude -4.37608, 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
199550C421695
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
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 24 January 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Saab 900)

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 199550C421695 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.