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Serious C road crash in West Devon PL20 on 2 April 1995 at 09:30 involving a Volkswagen Beetle

A Volkswagen Beetle crashed on a C road in West Devon at 09:30 on Sunday 2 April 1995. The 63-year-old female driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fog or mist on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Apr 1995
Sunday, 09:30
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen Beetle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.47212, longitude -4.05175, in the PL20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550E610814
Council area
West 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
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fog or mist
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 112 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 January 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Beetle

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,192 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Beetle)

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 199550E610814 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 1995.