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Fatal A382 crash in West Devon on 16 June 1998 at 08:15 involving a Nissan Micra

A Nissan Micra crashed on the A382 in West Devon at 08:15 on Tuesday 16 June 1998. The 32-year-old male driver was killed.

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

Severity
Fatal
Date
16 Jun 1998
Tuesday, 08:15
Vehicles
1
Nissan Micra
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.69703, longitude -3.84376, in the TQ13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850C513341
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
382
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 34 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 October 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Micra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 199850C513341 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.