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Serious A388 crash in Torridge on 28 May 1998 at 08:45 involving a Mercedes V Class

A Mercedes V Class and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on the A388 in Torridge at 08:45 on Thursday 28 May 1998. There were five casualties: one person was seriously injured and four were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
28 May 1998
Thursday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Mercedes V Class and Mercedes
Casualties
5
1 seriously injured, 4 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.71829, longitude -4.32883, in the EX22 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850C423024
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
388
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 October 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes V Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    2,295 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    9,572 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 53, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes V Class)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes V Class)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes V Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mercedes V Class)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199850C423024 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 1998.