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Fatal unclassified road crash in East Devon DT7 on 3 August 1990 at 17:15 involving a Honda Civic

A Honda Civic hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in East Devon at 17:15 on Friday 3 August 1990. An 88-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Fatal
Date
3 Aug 1990
Friday, 17:15
Vehicles
1
Honda Civic
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73717, longitude -2.95791, in the DT7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050D361497
Council area
East Devon
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
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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, 112 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 May 1995.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Civic

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    77 years
    Engine capacity
    1,238 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 88, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    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 199050D361497 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.