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Unclassified road crash in Torridge EX38 on 30 June 1995 at 13:20 involving a Volvo 240

A Volvo 240 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Torridge at 13:20 on Friday 30 June 1995. A 46-year-old male pedestrian and the 79-year-old female driver were 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
30 Jun 1995
Friday, 13:20
Vehicles
1
Volvo 240
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95363, longitude -4.15775, in the EX38 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Torrington.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550C430791
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 17 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 December 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Bus stop or bus shelter
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    79 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 46, hit by vehicle 1 (Volvo 240)

    Pedestrian location
    On footway or verge

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 240)

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 199550C430791 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 1995.