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Serious A396 crash in Mid Devon on 4 March 1997 at 11:49 involving a Rover Montego

A Rover Montego hit a pedestrian on the A396 in Mid Devon at 11:49 on Tuesday 4 March 1997. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
4 Mar 1997
Tuesday, 11:49
Vehicles
1
Rover Montego
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.81234, longitude -3.49712, in the EX5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199750D410682
Council area
Mid Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
396
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 21 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 29 October 2022.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Montego

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking stationary vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover Montego)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from nearside, masked by parked or stationary vehicle

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 199750D410682 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 1997.