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The footage does make it hard to really tell.
See the discussion going on in the other thread:-
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/234810/?offset=900#14152513
Greenbank
The footage does make it hard to really tell. From what I can see there's only 2-3 seconds from seeing the person to the driver hitting them. Internet says car was travelling ~40mph, which means even if paying attention the driver would have had no chance of stopping, just a possibility of avoiding.
But based on the distance of the street lights I don't believe the visibility could be as bad as indicated.
In terms of speed, given the type of road I don't think it seems reasonable to expect pedestrians to be crossing there. You wouldn't expect people walking across the multi-lane sections of the A3.
Honestly my biggest takeaways from this are; 1) issues around smartphone use in cars; 2) humans are clearly not a fail-safe or back-up.