A30 crash in West Devon on 26 July 1982 at 15:28 involving a van
A van hit a pedestrian on the A30 in West Devon at 15:28 on Monday 26 July 1982. A 46-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Jul 1982
- Monday, 15:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73957, longitude -4.00148, 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
- 198250C510307
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 July 1998.
Slight
Renault 5 crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 18 July 1998
10 m awayRef 199850C514105
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 5 January 2000
14 m awayRef 200050C510145
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 10 January 2005
14 m awayRef 200550C51A322
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 28 April 2007
20 m awayRef 200750C51F027
Slight
Austin Allegro crash on an unclassified road in West Devon, 26 March 1998
22 m awayRef 199850C511666
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A30 in West Devon, 20 May 1982
22 m awayRef 198250C510170
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Van)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to 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 198250C510307 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 1982.