B3231 crash in North Devon on 30 January 1985 at 17:00 involving a car
A car and a van were involved in a crash on the B3231 in North Devon at 17:00 on Wednesday 30 January 1985. A 57-year-old male passenger in the van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Jan 1985
- Wednesday, 17:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and van
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.11753, longitude -4.20853, in the EX33 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in North Devon
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550C230023
- Council area
- North Devon
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3231
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 45 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 10 August 2008.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 10 August 2008
45 m awayRef 200850CN2F002
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 27 August 2005
45 m awayRef 200550C23L021
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 26 November 1987
85 m awayRef 198750C233382
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 15 June 2012
150 m awayRef 201250CN2F004
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on an unclassified road in North Devon, 23 January 2002
153 m awayRef 200250C230410
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3231 in North Devon, 7 December 2007
171 m awayRef 200750C23P132
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 2: Van
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 51 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 57, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)
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 198550C230023 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 1985.