Unclassified road crash in Mid Devon EX15 on 2 August 2017 at 13:55 involving a Volkswagen Crafter van
A Volkswagen Crafter van hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in Mid Devon at 13:55 on Wednesday 2 August 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
- 2 Aug 2017
- Wednesday, 13:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volkswagen Crafter
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.85427, longitude -3.39366, in the EX15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Cullompton. It is one of the crashes that make up the Cullompton St Andrews, Mid Devon, EX15 1FT area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Mid Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500209985
- Council area
- Mid Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 June 2024.
Serious
Car crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 13 June 2024
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Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 9 February 1995
10 m awayRef 199550D420342
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 3 December 1988
10 m awayRef 198850D422011
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 23 September 1992
10 m awayRef 199250D421581
Slight
Vauxhall Movano crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 26 May 2023
12 m awayRef 2023501318877
Slight
Suzuki crash on the B3181 in Mid Devon, 21 April 1993
13 m awayRef 199350D420906
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Crafter
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 14, hit by vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Crafter)
- 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 2017500209985 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Mid Devon road accident statistics for 2017.