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Serious M5 crash in Mid Devon on 29 August 1996 at 19:41 involving a Rover Range Rover

A Rover Range Rover crashed on the M5 in Mid Devon at 19:41 on Thursday 29 August 1996. A 48-year-old male passenger, a 48-year-old male passenger and a 54-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 Aug 1996
Thursday, 19:41
Vehicles
1
Rover Range Rover
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.84073, longitude -3.39037, in the EX15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650D422618
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Motorway
First road number
5
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 January 1991.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Range Rover

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    2,771 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Range Rover)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Range Rover)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover Range Rover)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 199650D422618 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.