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Serious A3072 crash in West Devon on 11 March 1997 at 15:20 involving a Seddon/Atkinson lorry

A Seddon/Atkinson lorry and a Honda Ballade were involved in a crash on the A3072 in West Devon at 15:20 on Tuesday 11 March 1997. The 56-year-old male driver of the Honda Ballade was seriously injured and a 54-year-old female passenger in the Honda Ballade was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
11 Mar 1997
Tuesday, 15:20
Vehicles
2
Seddon/Atkinson and Honda Ballade
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.05245, longitude -4.11911, in the EX31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750C510756
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3072
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 15 January 1997.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Seddon/Atkinson

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Towing and articulation
    Single trailer
    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    6,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Ballade

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Ballade)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Ballade)

    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 199750C510756 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 1997.