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Serious A377 crash in Mid Devon on 25 September 1981 at 12:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A377 in Mid Devon at 12:00 on Friday 25 September 1981. A 91-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
25 Sep 1981
Friday, 12:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.79087, longitude -3.66173, in the EX17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crediton.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150J920949
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
377
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Reversing
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 91, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 198150J920949 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 1981.