A386 crash in West Devon on 24 November 1995 at 11:40 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Volvo 240 were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 11:40 on Friday 24 November 1995. A 40-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Astra was 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
- 24 Nov 1995
- Friday, 11:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Volvo 240
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.46842, longitude -4.09781, in the PL20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199550E612940
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 72 metres away, was a fatal crash on 27 November 1995.
Fatal
Ford Sierra crash on the A386 in West Devon, 27 November 1995
72 m awayRef 199550E612950
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 24 July 1987
78 m awayRef 198750E611292
Serious
Volkswagen Beetle crash on the A386 in West Devon, 18 May 1995
82 m awayRef 199550E611197
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A386 in West Devon, 7 May 1979
82 m awayRef 197950G530370
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 17 October 1989
99 m awayRef 198950E612072
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A386 in West Devon, 14 November 1995
100 m awayRef 199550E612831
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 2: Volvo 240
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 199550E612940 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.