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Serious C road crash in East Devon EX24 on 29 May 1995 at 14:22 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf crashed on a C road in East Devon at 14:22 on Monday 29 May 1995. The 78-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 May 1995
Monday, 14:22
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Golf
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.72174, longitude -3.17108, in the EX24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550D341184
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,460 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

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 199550D341184 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 1995.