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B3205 crash in the South Hams on 31 May 1981 at 00:25 involving a car

A car hit three pedestrians on the B3205 in the South Hams at 00:25 on Sunday 31 May 1981. An 18-year-old male pedestrian, a 17-year-old male pedestrian and an 18-year-old male pedestrian were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
31 May 1981
Sunday, 00:25
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35352, longitude -3.57696, in the TQ6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150G490393
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3205
Road type
One way street or slip road
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3205

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 August 1997.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 198150G490393 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.