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Fatal A386 crash in West Devon on 20 July 1996 at 13:14 involving a Jaguar XJ Series

A Jaguar XJ Series hit a pedestrian on the A386 in West Devon at 13:14 on Saturday 20 July 1996. An 81-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
20 Jul 1996
Saturday, 13:14
Vehicles
1
Jaguar XJ Series
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.55263, longitude -4.13599, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650E611641
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
386
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 16 metres away, was a fatal crash on 29 September 2011.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Jaguar XJ Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    3,590 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 81, hit by vehicle 1 (Jaguar XJ Series)

    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 199650E611641 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 1996.