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C road crash in West Devon PL19 on 31 May 1997 at 16:00 involving a Volkswagen Scirocco

A Volkswagen Scirocco and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on a C road in West Devon at 16:00 on Saturday 31 May 1997. The 72-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Scirocco and the 66-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 May 1997
Saturday, 16:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Scirocco and Ford Orion
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54208, longitude -4.10277, in the PL19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750E611309
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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, 162 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 July 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    1,780 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    66 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 66, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 199750E611309 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.