B3213 crash in the South Hams on 17 June 1981 at 18:20 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle crashed on the B3213 in the South Hams at 18:20 on Wednesday 17 June 1981. The 18-year-old male rider was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 17 Jun 1981
- Wednesday, 18:20
- Vehicles
- 1
- Motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39049, longitude -3.90683, in the PL21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ivybridge.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198150G460455
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3213
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 17 June 1981.
Slight
Car crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 17 June 1981
At the same spotRef 198150G460454
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 4 November 2021
9 m awayRef 2021501117964
Slight
Chevrolet Spark crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 8 June 2025
19 m awayRef 2025501600256
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 15 January 2000
22 m awayRef 200050E530116
Slight
Transbus Int crash on the B3215 in the South Hams, 16 August 2010
22 m awayRef 201050JI2B005
Serious
Car crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 13 December 1988
36 m awayRef 198850E532318
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198150G460455 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the South Hams road accident statistics for 1981.