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Serious A399 crash in North Devon on 29 May 1998 at 07:15 involving a Volvo lorry

A Volvo lorry and an Iveco-Ford lorry were involved in a crash on the A399 in North Devon at 07:15 on Friday 29 May 1998. The 57-year-old male driver of the Volvo lorry and the 31-year-old male driver of the Iveco-Ford lorry were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
29 May 1998
Friday, 07:15
Vehicles
2
Volvo and Iveco-Ford
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18385, longitude -3.9537, in the EX31 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850C312939
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
399
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 24 February 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years

  • Vehicle 2: Iveco-Ford

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    31 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Volvo)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Iveco-Ford)

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 199850C312939 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.