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B3212 crash in West Devon on 9 March 1996 at 15:00 involving a Vauxhall Astravan

A Vauxhall Astravan and a Mazda 323 were involved in a crash on the B3212 in West Devon at 15:00 on Saturday 9 March 1996. All four casualties were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Mar 1996
Saturday, 15:00
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Astravan and Mazda 323
Casualties
4
4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.50645, longitude -4.05338, in the PL20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650E610595
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3212
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 June 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

Casualties (4)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 12, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 4: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mazda 323)

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 199650E610595 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.