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Serious A386 crash in West Devon on 3 October 1995 at 20:20 involving an Austin Maestro van

An Austin Maestro van, another vehicle and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 20:20 on Tuesday 3 October 1995. The 32-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro van, the 32-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro van and a male passenger in the other vehicle were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
3 Oct 1995
Tuesday, 20:20
Vehicles
3
Austin Maestro and 2 others
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.51549, longitude -4.1157, 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
199550E612406
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
386
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 1995.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 3: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    988 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 32, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)

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 199550E612406 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.