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A361 crash in North Devon on 25 December 1997 at 03:20 involving a Honda

A Honda crashed on the A361 in North Devon at 03:20 on Thursday 25 December 1997. The 23-year-old male driver and a 26-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Dec 1997
Thursday, 03:20
Vehicles
1
Honda
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1025, longitude -4.15611, in the EX33 postcode district and within the built-up area of Braunton.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750C234826
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 40 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 August 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda)

    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 199750C234826 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1997.