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A379 crash in the South Hams on 24 January 1990 at 11:10 involving a Daimler 4.2

A Daimler 4.2 hit a pedestrian on the A379 in the South Hams at 11:10 on Wednesday 24 January 1990. A 77-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Jan 1990
Wednesday, 11:10
Vehicles
1
Daimler 4.2
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.28439, longitude -3.78032, in the TQ7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingsbridge.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050F550137
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 May 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Daimler 4.2

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    4,235 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 77, hit by vehicle 1 (Daimler 4.2)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 199050F550137 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Hams road accident statistics for 1990.