B3226 crash in North Devon on 31 August 1995 at 10:30 involving a Vauxhall Chevette
A Vauxhall Chevette hit a pedestrian on the B3226 in North Devon at 10:30 on Thursday 31 August 1995. An 80-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Aug 1995
- Thursday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Chevette
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.02659, longitude -3.83514, in the EX36 postcode district and within the built-up area of South Molton.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199550C241137
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3226
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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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Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 86 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,256 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 199550C241137 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1995.