B3185 crash in East Devon on 31 March 1990 at 16:10 involving a Ford bus
A Ford bus hit a pedestrian on the B3185 in East Devon at 16:10 on Saturday 31 March 1990. A 16-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Mar 1990
- Saturday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.75208, longitude -3.43382, in the EX5 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199050D210568
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3185
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
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The nearest, 104 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 November 1992.
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Serious
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Slight
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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 16, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford)
- 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 199050D210568 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 1990.