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Serious B3221 crash in Mid Devon on 5 September 1998 at 00:05 involving a Massey Ferguson

A Massey Ferguson crashed on the B3221 in Mid Devon at 00:05 on Saturday 5 September 1998. The 16-year-old male driver was seriously injured and a 15-year-old female passenger and a 15-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Sep 1998
Saturday, 00:05
Vehicles
1
Massey Ferguson
Casualties
3
1 seriously injured, 2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.90743, longitude -3.50842, in the EX16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850D415328
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3221
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 271 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 November 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Massey Ferguson

    Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    16 years
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 16, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Massey Ferguson)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Massey Ferguson)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 15, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 1 (Massey Ferguson)

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 199850D415328 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 1998.