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Serious unclassified road crash in Torridge EX22 on 17 January 2013 at 17:09 involving a Vauxhall Astra

A Vauxhall Astra hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Torridge at 17:09 on Thursday 17 January 2013. A 10-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Serious
Date
17 Jan 2013
Thursday, 17:09
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Astra
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.80918, longitude -4.35315, in the EX22 postcode district and within the built-up area of Holsworthy. It is one of the crashes that make up the Holsworthy, Torridge, EX22 6GA area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201350CH2L001
Council area
Torridge
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
Crossroads
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
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, 19 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 16 September 1990.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 10, hit by vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    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 201350CH2L001 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Torridge road accident statistics for 2013.