A361 crash in North Devon on 13 December 1998 at 15:45 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane crashed on the A361 in North Devon at 15:45 on Sunday 13 December 1998. The 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 13 Dec 1998
- Sunday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.04977, longitude -3.93165, in the EX32 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199850C247543
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 361
- 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
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 85 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 2000.
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the A361 in North Devon, 16 March 2000
85 m awayRef 200050C211477
Slight
Austin Morris Mini crash on the A361 in North Devon, 27 September 1993
103 m awayRef 199350C241224
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A361 in North Devon, 26 August 2020
120 m awayRef 2020500988915
Slight
Saab 9-3 crash on the A361 in North Devon, 25 December 2005
224 m awayRef 200550C21R063
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A361 in North Devon, 3 August 1989
231 m awayRef 198950C240826
Slight
Suzuki GSF 600 crash on the A361 in North Devon, 7 March 2010
231 m awayRef 201050CS2G001
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Megane)
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 199850C247543 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1998.