Serious A386 crash in West Devon on 26 April 2018 at 14:42 involving a Ford KA
A Ford KA hit a pedestrian on the A386 in West Devon at 14:42 on Thursday 26 April 2018. A 52-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Apr 2018
- Thursday, 14:42
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford KA
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.54187, longitude -4.15095, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2018500293197
- Council area
- West Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- Zebra crossing
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 3 November 2025.
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in West Devon, 3 November 2025
1 m awayRef 2025501662922
Slight
Mini Clubman crash on the A386 in West Devon, 23 September 2019
2 m awayRef 2019500892553
Slight
Iveco-Ford crash on the A386 in West Devon, 23 June 2003
4 m awayRef 200350E61H550
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A386 in West Devon, 13 March 1989
4 m awayRef 198950E610480
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A386 in West Devon, 16 September 2006
6 m awayRef 200650E61L631
Slight
Seat Ibiza crash on the A386 in West Devon, 17 November 2018
8 m awayRef 2018500802011
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford KA
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
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 64 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,299 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 52, hit by vehicle 1 (Ford KA)
- Pedestrian location
- Crossing on pedestrian crossing facility
- Pedestrian movement
- Crossing from driver's offside
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
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 2018500293197 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 2018.