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Unclassified road crash in West Devon PL19 on 20 August 2007 at 13:00 involving a car

A car hit two pedestrians on an unclassified road in West Devon at 13:00 on Monday 20 August 2007. An 83-year-old male pedestrian and an 80-year-old female pedestrian were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Aug 2007
Monday, 13:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.55181, longitude -4.1428, in the PL19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tavistock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tavistock North, West Devon, PL19 0LD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in West Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200750E61J899
Council area
West Devon
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
11%
Estimated chance it was slight
89%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 December 1994.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Left-hand drive
    No

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 83, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing
    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic

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 200750E61J899 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 2007.