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B3227 crash in Torridge on 24 December 2014 at 20:30 involving a Ford Mondeo

A Ford Mondeo hit a pedestrian on the B3227 in Torridge at 20:30 on Wednesday 24 December 2014. An 80-year-old female pedestrian was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
24 Dec 2014
Wednesday, 20:30
Vehicles
1
Ford Mondeo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.95436, longitude -4.13719, in the EX38 postcode district and within the built-up area of Great Torrington. It is one of the crashes that make up the Great Torrington, Torridge, EX38 7BH area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Torridge

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201450CT2I014
Council area
Torridge
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3227
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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Raining, 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
6%
Estimated chance it was slight
94%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    53 years
    Engine capacity
    2,967 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)

    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 201450CT2I014 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 2014.