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Serious A358 crash in East Devon on 6 August 1995 at 14:55 involving an Austin Mini

An Austin Mini crashed on the A358 in East Devon at 14:55 on Sunday 6 August 1995. The 78-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
6 Aug 1995
Sunday, 14:55
Vehicles
1
Austin Mini
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80218, longitude -2.98052, in the EX13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550D361641
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
358
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 49 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 June 2025.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)

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 199550D361641 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.