B3234 crash in North Devon on 6 July 1981 at 16:30 involving a car
A car crashed on the B3234 in North Devon at 16:30 on Monday 6 July 1981. A 39-year-old female passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Jul 1981
- Monday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.2281, longitude -3.83097, in the EX35 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198150H590320
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3234
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 30 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 June 2002.
Slight
Mitsubishi L200 crash on the B3234 in North Devon, 10 June 2002
30 m awayRef 200250C323487
Slight
Toyota Aygo crash on the B3234 in North Devon, 26 November 2022
36 m awayRef 2022501246908
Slight
Peugeot Boxer crash on the B3234 in North Devon, 2 August 2025
52 m awayRef 2025501625176
Serious
Car crash on the B3224 in North Devon, 29 February 2008
61 m awayRef 200850C32C163
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3234 in North Devon, 7 September 1983
63 m awayRef 198350C320419
Serious
Fiat Uno crash on the B3234 in North Devon, 30 March 1996
71 m awayRef 199650C320935
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Lamp post
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 198150H590320 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the North Devon road accident statistics for 1981.