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A377 crash in Mid Devon on 29 November 1996 at 18:00 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A377 in Mid Devon at 18:00 on Friday 29 November 1996. The 26-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
29 Nov 1996
Friday, 18:00
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7904, longitude -3.66271, in the EX17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crediton.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650D433752
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
377
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 1981.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 199650D433752 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.