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Serious A30 crash in East Devon on 5 September 1998 at 11:50 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series, a Fiat Panda and a Ford Granada were involved in a crash on the A30 in East Devon at 11:50 on Saturday 5 September 1998. An 81-year-old male passenger in the Rover 200 Series and the 72-year-old female driver of the Fiat Panda were seriously injured and a 69-year-old female passenger in the Fiat Panda was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Sep 1998
Saturday, 11:50
Vehicles
3
Rover 200 Series and 2 others
Casualties
3
2 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80258, longitude -3.19766, in the EX14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850D355255
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 May 2024.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Panda

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    72 years
    Engine capacity
    999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Granada

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Panda)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Panda)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199850D355255 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.