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Serious unclassified road crash in Exeter EX4 on 18 January 1990 at 17:03 involving an MG Metro

An MG Metro hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Exeter at 17:03 on Thursday 18 January 1990. A 39-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Jan 1990
Thursday, 17:03
Vehicles
1
MG Metro
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73002, longitude -3.54154, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050D210164
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

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 6 December 1992.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: MG Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (MG Metro)

    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 199050D210164 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Exeter road accident statistics for 1990.