A379 crash in the South Hams on 22 September 1983 at 08:25 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A379 in the South Hams at 08:25 on Thursday 22 September 1983. The 21-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 and the 47-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Sep 1983
- Thursday, 08:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.2972, longitude -3.81857, in the TQ7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198350F551959
- 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
- 60 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3197
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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 November 2011.
Slight
Renault Laguna crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 9 November 2011
11 m awayRef 201150JK2K004
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 12 November 2019
11 m awayRef 2019500911388
Slight
Rover 800 Series crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 5 December 2000
14 m awayRef 200050F556719
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 6 October 1989
14 m awayRef 198950F551972
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 28 May 2008
14 m awayRef 200850JK2K002
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 22 July 1983
20 m awayRef 198350F551450
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198350F551959 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.