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Serious A30 crash in West Devon on 21 April 1996 at 17:00 involving a Chevrolet GMC Corvette

A Chevrolet GMC Corvette crashed on the A30 in West Devon at 17:00 on Sunday 21 April 1996. The 54-year-old male driver and a 48-year-old female passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Apr 1996
Sunday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Chevrolet GMC Corvette
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73979, longitude -3.94083, in the EX20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650C511154
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 41 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 June 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Chevrolet GMC Corvette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Changing lane to left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    Hit object off carriageway
    Central crash barrier
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    5,700 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet GMC Corvette)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chevrolet GMC Corvette)

    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 199650C511154 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 1996.