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Fatal unclassified road crash in East Devon EX11 on 17 December 2019 at 18:42 involving a Citroen C1

A Citroen C1 hit a pedestrian on an unclassified road in East Devon at 18:42 on Tuesday 17 December 2019. A 92-year-old female pedestrian was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
17 Dec 2019
Tuesday, 18:42
Vehicles
1
Citroen C1
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.73794, longitude -3.31841, in the EX11 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in East Devon

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019500913166
Council area
East 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
20 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

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
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 44 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 August 2012.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen C1

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    41 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Fatal

    Female, aged 92, hit by vehicle 1 (Citroen C1)

    Pedestrian location
    In centre of carriageway, not on refuge, island or central reservation
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside
    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% 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 2019500913166 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 2019.