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A3079 crash in West Devon on 4 February 1998 at 07:45 involving a Renault Extra

A Renault Extra and a John Deere were involved in a crash on the A3079 in West Devon at 07:45 on Wednesday 4 February 1998. The 33-year-old male driver of the Renault Extra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
4 Feb 1998
Wednesday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Renault Extra and John Deere
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73061, longitude -4.05665, in the EX20 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850C510876
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3079
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault Extra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    33 years

  • Vehicle 2: John Deere

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault Extra)

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 199850C510876 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 1998.