B3210 crash in the South Hams on 16 December 1983 at 18:50 involving a car
A car crashed on the B3210 in the South Hams at 18:50 on Friday 16 December 1983. The 21-year-old male driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Dec 1983
- Friday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41792, longitude -3.79391, in the TQ9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198350F522599
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 14 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 13 August 1999.
Serious
Volvo crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 13 August 1999
14 m awayRef 199950F511889
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 21 November 2019
114 m awayRef 2019500912425
Slight
Subaru Impreza crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 30 November 2012
120 m awayRef 201250JS2L010
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 21 November 2005
125 m awayRef 200550F51P858
Serious
Car crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 2 December 1982
158 m awayRef 198250G461151
Slight
Mercedes crash on the B3120 in the South Hams, 13 May 2004
170 m awayRef 200450F51H900
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
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 198350F522599 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 1983.