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A386 crash in West Devon on 24 May 2004 at 15:00 involving a lorry

A lorry crashed on the A386 in West Devon at 15:00 on Monday 24 May 2004. An 82-year-old male passenger, a 72-year-old female passenger and a 17-year-old female passenger were 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
24 May 2004
Monday, 15:00
Vehicles
1
Lorry
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.57602, longitude -4.1172, in the PL19 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200450E61G667
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
386
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
13%
Estimated chance it was slight
87%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a fatal crash on 10 February 1988.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 82, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 17, goods vehicle occupant (7.5 tonnes and over), in vehicle 1 (Lorry)

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 200450E61G667 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 2004.