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Fatal A361 crash in North Devon on 24 August 1984 at 21:10 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A361 in North Devon at 21:10 on Friday 24 August 1984. A 42-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
24 Aug 1984
Friday, 21:10
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.0725, longitude -4.04922, in the EX32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnstaple.

Map of where the crash happened in North Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198450C210403
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
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 10 May 1983.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198450C210403 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 1984.