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A30 crash in West Devon on 16 January 1981 at 17:00 involving a van

A van hit a pedestrian on the A30 in West Devon at 17:00 on Friday 16 January 1981. A 40-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Jan 1981
Friday, 17:00
Vehicles
1
Van
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73939, longitude -4.0019, in the EX20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Okehampton.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150H260026
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
30
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 July 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    36 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 40, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198150H260026 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 1981.