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Unclassified road crash in the South Hams TQ8 on 31 December 2001 at 13:50 involving a Citroen C5

A Citroen C5 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 13:50 on Monday 31 December 2001. A 39-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 Dec 2001
Monday, 13:50
Vehicles
1
Citroen C5
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.23819, longitude -3.76758, in the TQ8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salcombe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Salcombe & Thurlestone, South Hams, TQ8 8BG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200150F548242
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
One way street or slip road
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 August 1998.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,749 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 39, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen C5)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)

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 200150F548242 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 2001.