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Serious A396 crash in Mid Devon on 4 September 1996 at 15:14 involving a Volvo 940

A Volvo 940 and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A396 in Mid Devon at 15:14 on Wednesday 4 September 1996. A 41-year-old female passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle and the 40-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle were seriously injured and a 59-year-old female passenger in the Volvo 940 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Sep 1996
Wednesday, 15:14
Vehicles
2
Volvo 940 and Suzuki
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.00817, longitude -3.52081, in the TA22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650D412702
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
396
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Stop sign
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 100 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 September 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 940

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    78 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    599 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 940)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 41, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 3: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 40, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 199650D412702 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 1996.