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A386 crash in West Devon on 20 March 1992 at 10:30 involving a Nissan Sunny

A Nissan Sunny and an Austin Metro were involved in a crash on the A386 in West Devon at 10:30 on Friday 20 March 1992. An 81-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Nissan Sunny 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
20 Mar 1992
Friday, 10:30
Vehicles
2
Nissan Sunny and Austin Metro
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54771, longitude -4.1489, in the PL19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tavistock.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199250E610573
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
386
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 36 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Nissan Sunny

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years
    Engine capacity
    1,488 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Nissan Sunny)

    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 199250E610573 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the West Devon road accident statistics for 1992.