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Serious unclassified road crash in Teignbridge TQ12 on 18 October 2002 at 20:35 involving a Rover 200 Series

A Rover 200 Series hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Teignbridge at 20:35 on Friday 18 October 2002. A 31-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Oct 2002
Friday, 20:35
Vehicles
1
Rover 200 Series
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.5315, longitude -3.61173, in the TQ12 postcode district and within the built-up area of Newton Abbot. It is one of the crashes that make up the Bushell, Teignbridge, TQ12 2PQ area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200250F416422
Council area
Teignbridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,905 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 31, hit by vehicle 1 (Rover 200 Series)

    Pedestrian location
    Crossing elsewhere within 50 m of a pedestrian crossing
    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 200250F416422 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Teignbridge road accident statistics for 2002.