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A35 crash in East Devon on 22 October 1995 at 08:50 involving a Volkswagen Golf

A Volkswagen Golf, a car and a Fiat Panda were involved in a crash on the A35 in East Devon at 08:50 on Sunday 22 October 1995. A 34-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf and a 62-year-old female passenger in the car were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
22 Oct 1995
Sunday, 08:50
Vehicles
3
Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.77006, longitude -3.00396, 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
199550D362278
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
35
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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, 4 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 9 February 2017.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years

  • Vehicle 3: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    69 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Golf)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

    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 199550D362278 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.