Fatal B3180 crash in East Devon on 24 November 2014 at 21:59 involving a Ford Mondeo
A Ford Mondeo and a Fiat Doblo were involved in a crash on the B3180 in East Devon at 21:59 on Monday 24 November 2014. A 42-year-old male pedestrian hit by the Ford Mondeo was killed.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Fatal
- Date
- 24 Nov 2014
- Monday, 21:59
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Mondeo and Fiat Doblo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 killed
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.74836, longitude -3.33138, in the EX11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Whimple & Rockbeare, East Devon, EX11 1GN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in East Devon
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- 1 crash
- Fatal
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201450KO2W008
- Council area
- East Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3180
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 81 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 30 August 1983.
Serious
Car crash on the B3180 in East Devon, 30 August 1983
81 m awayRef 198350D211611
Slight
Lorry crash on the B3180 in East Devon, 24 December 1985
121 m awayRef 198550D352507
Slight
Mini Countryman crash on the B3180 in East Devon, 14 July 2025
134 m awayRef 2025501615939
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on the B3180 in East Devon, 14 February 2011
140 m awayRef 201150KO2K001
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the B3180 in East Devon, 11 March 1997
141 m awayRef 199750D210759
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on an unclassified road in East Devon, 18 November 2005
141 m awayRef 200550D35R172
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Mondeo
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Fiat Doblo
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
FatalMale, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford Mondeo)
- 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 201450KO2W008 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the East Devon road accident statistics for 2014.