Serious B3260 crash in West Devon on 8 May 2000 at 17:25 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on the B3260 in West Devon at 17:25 on Monday 8 May 2000. A 12-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 8 May 2000
- Monday, 17:25
- Vehicles
- 1
- Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.7408, longitude -3.98926, in the EX20 postcode district and within the built-up area of Okehampton.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200050C512644
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3260
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- 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
- Central refuge, no other controls
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 2025.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 10 June 2025
9 m awayRef 2025501601229
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 2 March 1993
22 m awayRef 199350C510186
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 28 January 2015
38 m awayRef 201550JO2R001
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 29 November 2006
41 m awayRef 200650C51P047
Serious
Car crash on the A30 in West Devon, 13 September 1985
41 m awayRef 198550C510400
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3260 in West Devon, 3 May 2003
41 m awayRef 200350C51E009
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
- 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 200050C512644 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 2000.