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Fatal B3181 crash in Exeter on 27 January 2015 at 14:28 involving a Mercedes lorry

A Mercedes lorry hit a pedestrian on the B3181 in Exeter at 14:28 on Tuesday 27 January 2015. An 80-year-old male pedestrian was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
27 Jan 2015
Tuesday, 14:28
Vehicles
1
Mercedes
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73475, longitude -3.48072, in the EX4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Exeter. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pinhoe, Exeter, EX4 8HQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Exeter

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201550DE2E003
Council area
Exeter
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3181
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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 May 1984.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    12,809 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Male, aged 80, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    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 201550DE2E003 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Exeter road accident statistics for 2015.