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A379 crash in the South Hams on 25 June 1982 at 20:15 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle crashed on the A379 in the South Hams at 20:15 on Friday 25 June 1982. A 14-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Jun 1982
Friday, 20:15
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.28327, longitude -3.77691, in the TQ7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingsbridge.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198250G480524
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
381

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 1982.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    First point of impact
    Offside

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 14, 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 198250G480524 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.