Unclassified road crash in the South Hams TQ6 on 25 October 1996 at 06:50 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 06:50 on Friday 25 October 1996. A 50-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Oct 1996
- Friday, 06:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35497, longitude -3.57645, in the TQ6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199650F532215
- Council area
- South Hams
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Other
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2000.
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 6 June 2000
42 m awayRef 200050F531515
Slight
Kia Carens crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 13 October 2022
47 m awayRef 2022501230123
Serious
Land Rover Range Rover Sport crash on the B3205 in the South Hams, 29 July 2018
55 m awayRef 2018500317335
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 17 July 2005
57 m awayRef 200550F53I624
Serious
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 18 December 1985
71 m awayRef 198550F532505
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 29 April 1981
71 m awayRef 198150G490294
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 50, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- 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 199650F532215 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 1996.