Unclassified road crash in West Devon EX20 on 2 May 1997 at 16:45 involving a John Deere
A John Deere and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in West Devon at 16:45 on Friday 2 May 1997. The 51-year-old female driver of the car 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
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 1997
- Friday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- John Deere and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81826, longitude -3.91072, in the EX20 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199750C521429
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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, 322 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 1995.
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Serious
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 14 December 2025
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Slight
Fiat Uno crash on a C road in West Devon, 3 August 1992
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Serious
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836 m awayRef 199450C520691
Slight
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: John Deere
Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 51, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 199750C521429 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.