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A358 crash in East Devon on 10 September 1995 at 12:00 involving a Land Rover Discovery

A Land Rover Discovery and a Mercedes 200 were involved in a crash on the A358 in East Devon at 12:00 on Sunday 10 September 1995. All six casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Sep 1995
Sunday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Discovery and Mercedes 200
Casualties
6
6 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80326, longitude -2.9804, in the EX13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550D361939
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 April 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Discovery

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    3,947 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes 200

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (6)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 200)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 200)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mercedes 200)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 8, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 6: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 4, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Discovery)

    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 199550D361939 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.