B3257 crash in West Devon on 2 July 1997 at 19:10 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra crashed on the B3257 in West Devon at 19:10 on Wednesday 2 July 1997. The 18-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Jul 1997
- Wednesday, 19:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.50787, longitude -4.17318, 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
- 199750E611615
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3257
- 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, 82 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 April 1985.
Serious
Car crash on a C road in West Devon, 7 April 1985
82 m awayRef 198550E610680
Serious
Car crash on a C road in West Devon, 17 July 1985
92 m awayRef 198550E611343
Slight
Car crash on a C road in West Devon, 3 October 1981
100 m awayRef 198150G530851
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 12 January 2018
108 m awayRef 2018500260603
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in West Devon, 21 April 1989
121 m awayRef 198950E610740
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3257 in West Devon, 30 November 2004
139 m awayRef 200450E61R024
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 199750E611615 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.