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Serious unclassified road crash in East Devon EX8 on 9 July 2005 at 16:40

A vehicle hit five pedestrians on an unclassified road in East Devon at 16:40 on Saturday 9 July 2005. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured. Five of them were pedestrians.

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

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Jul 2005
Saturday, 16:40
Vehicles
1
Other vehicle
Casualties
5
2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.64357, longitude -3.40284, in the EX8 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodbury & Lympstone, East Devon, EX8 3NX area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200550D31I292
Council area
East Devon
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
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 3 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 2013.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 75, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 73, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 90, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 4: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 89, hit by vehicle 1 (Other vehicle)

  • Casualty 5: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 66, hit by vehicle 1 (Other 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 200550D31I292 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 2005.