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Serious B3165 crash in East Devon on 19 February 1998 at 07:45 involving a Ford Cortina

A Ford Cortina and a Honda Civic were involved in a crash on the B3165 in East Devon at 07:45 on Thursday 19 February 1998. The 52-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic and the 38-year-old male driver of the Ford Cortina were seriously injured.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
19 Feb 1998
Thursday, 07:45
Vehicles
2
Ford Cortina and Honda Civic
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.76493, longitude -2.97265, in the EX13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850D361083
Council area
East Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3165
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 51 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 19 May 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    19 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,343 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda Civic)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Cortina)

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 199850D361083 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.