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Serious C road crash in West Devon PL19 on 21 November 1997 at 19:30 involving a Nissan Bluebird

A Nissan Bluebird and a Nissan Micra were involved in a crash on a C road in West Devon at 19:30 on Friday 21 November 1997. A 69-year-old male passenger in the Nissan Micra and the 67-year-old female driver of the Nissan Micra were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Nov 1997
Friday, 19:30
Vehicles
2
Nissan Bluebird and Nissan Micra
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.59723, longitude -4.19468, in the PL19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750E612929
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
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 11 December 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Bluebird

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    67 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Micra)

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 199750E612929 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.