A384 crash in the South Hams on 25 June 1985 at 17:48 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A384 in the South Hams at 17:48 on Tuesday 25 June 1985. The 43-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Jun 1985
- Tuesday, 17:48
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.46887, longitude -3.75568, in the TQ11 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550F511117
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 384
- 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
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a fatal crash on 1 May 1981.
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A384 in the South Hams, 1 May 1981
At the same spotRef 198150G510298
Fatal
Mercedes SL Class crash on the A384 in the South Hams, 21 January 2025
16 m awayRef 2025501568910
Serious
Peugeot 106 crash on the A384 in the South Hams, 18 December 2017
18 m awayRef 2017500257835
Slight
Fiat Panda crash on the A384 in the South Hams, 28 February 2025
22 m awayRef 2025501559723
Slight
Lorry crash on the A384 in the South Hams, 3 April 1987
40 m awayRef 198750F510529
Slight
Car crash on the A384 in the South Hams, 23 December 1986
40 m awayRef 198650F512279
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, 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 198550F511117 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.