B3210 crash in the South Hams on 24 October 1985 at 16:50 involving a car
A car and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3210 in the South Hams at 16:50 on Thursday 24 October 1985. The 39-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 24 Oct 1985
- Thursday, 16:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43167, longitude -3.70488, in the TQ9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Totnes.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550F512087
- 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
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- Using private drive or entrance
- 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
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 29 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 June 2014.
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 11 June 2014
29 m awayRef 201450JS2Q003
Slight
Hyundai Accent crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 10 September 2013
31 m awayRef 201350JS2Q005
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 2 September 2005
32 m awayRef 200550F51L216
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 2 December 2009
32 m awayRef 200950JS2Q005
Serious
Car crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 11 July 1986
95 m awayRef 198650F510995
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 15 September 2011
98 m awayRef 201150JS2Q001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Reversing
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 39 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 39, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 198550F512087 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.