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A3123 crash in North Devon on 11 February 1997 at 18:40 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra crashed on the A3123 in North Devon at 18:40 on Tuesday 11 February 1997. A 16-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Feb 1997
Tuesday, 18:40
Vehicles
1
Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.1792, longitude -4.0415, in the EX34 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750C310404
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3123
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 70 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Sierra)

    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 199750C310404 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.