Serious B3213 crash in the South Hams on 3 July 1985 at 09:45 involving a car
A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the B3213 in the South Hams at 09:45 on Wednesday 3 July 1985. The 24-year-old female driver of the other vehicle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 3 Jul 1985
- Wednesday, 09:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and other vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3907, longitude -3.91598, in the PL21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ivybridge.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550E531252
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3213
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 September 1995.
Slight
Ford Orion crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 30 September 1995
10 m awayRef 199550E532379
Serious
Dodge crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 29 April 1991
10 m awayRef 199150E530981
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 12 November 1995
10 m awayRef 199550E532819
Serious
Ford Focus crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 16 January 2023
20 m awayRef 2023501285590
Serious
Car crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 20 August 1981
20 m awayRef 198150G460711
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 8 October 1991
20 m awayRef 199150E532209
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 24, other vehicle occupant, in vehicle 2 (Other vehicle)
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 198550E531252 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 1985.