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A3052 crash in East Devon on 5 August 1997 at 22:45 involving a Peugeot 505

A Peugeot 505 crashed on the A3052 in East Devon at 22:45 on Tuesday 5 August 1997. An 80-year-old female passenger, a 37-year-old male passenger and the 35-year-old female driver were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
5 Aug 1997
Tuesday, 22:45
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 505
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71228, longitude -3.12737, in the EX12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750D342713
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3052
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
B
Second road number
3174

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 25 May 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 505

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    2,498 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 505)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 505)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 505)

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 199750D342713 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.