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A361 crash in North Devon on 27 November 1981 at 17:10 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A361 in North Devon at 17:10 on Friday 27 November 1981. A 90-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Nov 1981
Friday, 17:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.13294, longitude -4.15352, in the EX33 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150H560632
Council area
North Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
361
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

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, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 2 September 1999.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 90, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 198150H560632 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1981.