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Serious A388 crash in Torridge on 20 August 1995 at 15:02 involving a Toyota Camry

A Toyota Camry crashed on the A388 in Torridge at 15:02 on Sunday 20 August 1995. There were four casualties: one person was seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
20 Aug 1995
Sunday, 15:02
Vehicles
1
Toyota Camry
Casualties
4
1 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.97569, longitude -4.20436, in the EX39 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550C431079
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
388
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, 25 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 October 2018.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Camry

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Camry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Camry)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Camry)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Camry)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199550C431079 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.