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Serious unclassified road crash in East Devon EX5 on 2 July 1997 at 17:15 involving a Ford Escort

A Ford Escort and a Vauxhall Combo van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in East Devon at 17:15 on Wednesday 2 July 1997. The 21-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort and the 31-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Combo van were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Jul 1997
Wednesday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Ford Escort and Vauxhall Combo
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7266, longitude -3.38416, in the EX5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750D212251
Council area
East 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 80 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 September 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,297 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Combo

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years
    Engine capacity
    1,686 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Combo)

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 199750D212251 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 1997.