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Serious unclassified road crash in Mid Devon EX17 on 24 November 2005 at 19:15 involving a DAF Trucks FT 75CF lorry

A DAF Trucks FT 75CF lorry hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Mid Devon at 19:15 on Thursday 24 November 2005. A 62-year-old female pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
24 Nov 2005
Thursday, 19:15
Vehicles
1
DAF Trucks FT 75CF
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.78915, longitude -3.65179, in the EX17 postcode district and within the built-up area of Crediton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Crediton Lawrence, Mid Devon, EX17 3AW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200550D43P435
Council area
Mid 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
60 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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

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, 13 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 June 2019.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: DAF Trucks FT 75CF

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    9,200 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 62, hit by vehicle 1 (DAF Trucks FT 75CF)

    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 200550D43P435 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 2005.