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Serious A373 crash in Mid Devon on 7 May 1997 at 10:30 involving a Peugeot 405

A Peugeot 405 crashed on the A373 in Mid Devon at 10:30 on Wednesday 7 May 1997. The 23-year-old male driver was seriously 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
7 May 1997
Wednesday, 10:30
Vehicles
1
Peugeot 405
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85227, longitude -3.32679, in the EX15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750D421538
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
373
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, 82 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Peugeot 405

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 405)

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 199750D421538 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 1997.