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Serious A386 crash in Torridge on 12 December 1996 at 09:25 involving a Renault 21

A car and a Renault 21 were involved in a crash on the A386 in Torridge at 09:25 on Thursday 12 December 1996. The 22-year-old female driver of the car was seriously injured and the 41-year-old female driver of the Renault 21 was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 Dec 1996
Thursday, 09:25
Vehicles
2
Car and Renault 21
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.8805, longitude -4.49202, in the EX23 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650C433922
Council area
Torridge
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
Human crossing control by other authorised person

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights unlit
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 297 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 February 1996.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

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 199650C433922 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 1996.