A386 crash in West Devon on 3 December 2014 at 14:28 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus hit a pedestrian on the A386 in West Devon at 14:28 on Wednesday 3 December 2014. A 68-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Dec 2014
- Wednesday, 14:28
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Focus
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.5426, longitude -4.15089, in the PL19 postcode district and within the built-up area of Tavistock. It is one of the crashes that make up the Tavistock South West, West Devon, PL19 8DH area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in West Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201450JT2W004
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 386
- 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
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 3 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 17 July 2016.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A386 in West Devon, 17 July 2016
3 m awayRef 2016500093837
Slight
Volvo crash on the A386 in West Devon, 22 March 2016
7 m awayRef 201650JT2W002
Slight
Citroen Xsara crash on the A386 in West Devon, 19 December 2013
7 m awayRef 201350JT2W012
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A386 in West Devon, 30 August 2022
20 m awayRef 2022501255302
Slight
Van crash on the A386 in West Devon, 6 November 2023
36 m awayRef 2023501391338
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A386 in West Devon, 22 April 2011
38 m awayRef 201150JT2V007
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 68, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
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 201450JT2W004 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 2014.