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Serious B3174 crash in East Devon on 12 December 1995 at 15:06 involving an Iveco-Ford lorry

An Iveco-Ford lorry and a Dodge bus were involved in a crash on the B3174 in East Devon at 15:06 on Tuesday 12 December 1995. The 52-year-old female driver of the Dodge bus was seriously injured and a 19-year-old female passenger in the Dodge bus and the 30-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 1995
Tuesday, 15:06
Vehicles
2
Iveco-Ford and Dodge
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71274, longitude -3.12596, in the EX12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550D342736
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3174
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 112 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    3,908 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Dodge

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    4,050 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 52, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dodge)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 19, bus or coach occupant, in vehicle 2 (Dodge)

    Bus or coach passenger
    Seated passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 30, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Iveco-Ford)

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 199550D342736 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.