B3210 crash in the South Hams on 12 September 1982 at 17:30 involving a car
A car crashed on the B3210 in the South Hams at 17:30 on Sunday 12 September 1982. All four casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Sep 1982
- Sunday, 17:30
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 4
- 4 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38152, longitude -3.8668, in the PL21 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198250G460847
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3210
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 32 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 1 August 2010.
Serious
Rover 200 Series crash on the A3121 in the South Hams, 1 August 2010
32 m awayRef 201050JS2K015
Slight
Honda NSS crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 21 August 2020
48 m awayRef 2020500989018
Serious
Toyota C-HR crash on the A3121 in the South Hams, 14 August 2025
56 m awayRef 2025501631740
Slight
Austin Mini crash on the A3121 in the South Hams, 3 June 1999
89 m awayRef 199950F523143
Slight
Car crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 5 November 1988
92 m awayRef 198850F522190
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 23 October 1987
139 m awayRef 198750F522013
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- Hit object in carriageway
- Kerb
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 74 years
Casualties (4)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 4: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 198250G460847 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 1982.