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B3174 crash in East Devon on 7 July 1998 at 19:05 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the B3174 in East Devon at 19:05 on Tuesday 7 July 1998. The 42-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
7 Jul 1998
Tuesday, 19:05
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74324, longitude -3.17913, in the EX24 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850D353805
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3174
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, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 2024.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

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 199850D353805 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 1998.