Unclassified road crash in North Devon EX32 on 12 December 2012 at 21:51 involving an Austin Mini
An Austin Mini hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in North Devon at 21:51 on Wednesday 12 December 2012. A 36-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2012
- Wednesday, 21:51
- Vehicles
- 1
- Austin Mini
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.07785, longitude -4.05814, in the EX32 postcode district and within the built-up area of Barnstaple. It is one of the crashes that make up the Barnstaple Central, North Devon, EX32 8HG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250CB2D045
- Council area
- North 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
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 May 2004.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 27 May 2004
14 m awayRef 200450C21G917
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A39 in North Devon, 18 August 1983
16 m awayRef 198350C210376
Serious
Peugeot 306 crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 28 November 2010
21 m awayRef 201050CB2D036
Slight
Rover 25 crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 19 January 2001
21 m awayRef 200150C210370
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the B3233 in North Devon, 19 June 1997
22 m awayRef 199750C212049
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A39 in North Devon, 7 December 1983
25 m awayRef 198350C210585
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Austin Mini
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 28 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 36, hit by vehicle 1 (Austin Mini)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's nearside
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 201250CB2D045 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 2012.