Unclassified road crash in West Devon PL19 on 23 May 2017 at 15:01 involving a Suzuki Celerio
A Suzuki Celerio hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in West Devon at 15:01 on Tuesday 23 May 2017. A 14-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
- 23 May 2017
- Tuesday, 15:01
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Celerio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54394, longitude -4.15358, 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
- 2017500186322
- Council area
- West Devon
- 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
- 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
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 January 1995.
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on the A386 in the South Hams, 17 January 1995
12 m awayRef 199550E610111
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 13 December 1979
92 m awayRef 197950G531085
Slight
Austin Maestro crash on the A386 in West Devon, 12 May 1994
92 m awayRef 199450E611259
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A386 in the South Hams, 3 November 2003
92 m awayRef 200350E61N070
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 29 May 1979
92 m awayRef 197950G530420
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A390 in West Devon, 11 July 1992
100 m awayRef 199250E611547
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Celerio
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
- Journey purpose
- Education and educational escort
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Celerio)
- 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 2017500186322 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 2017.