B3230 crash in North Devon on 20 February 1983 at 15:05 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3230 in North Devon at 15:05 on Sunday 20 February 1983. A 17-year-old female passenger in vehicle 1 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in snow and high winds on a single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Feb 1983
- Sunday, 15:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.18145, longitude -4.10213, in the EX34 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198350C310067
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3230
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- Snowing with high winds
- Road surface
- Snow
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 November 2005.
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 4 November 2005
10 m awayRef 200550C31O524
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 9 April 2022
19 m awayRef 2022501170364
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 17 September 2025
25 m awayRef 2025501643118
Slight
Citroen AX crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 27 November 1998
28 m awayRef 199850C317192
Slight
Citroen C3 crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 1 February 2025
30 m awayRef 2025501549414
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3230 in North Devon, 12 December 2002
36 m awayRef 200250C317561
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 17, 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 198350C310067 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 1983.