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B3210 crash in the South Hams on 11 July 1985 at 06:45 involving a motor scooter

A motor scooter crashed on the B3210 in the South Hams at 06:45 on Thursday 11 July 1985. The 42-year-old male rider was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Jul 1985
Thursday, 06:45
Vehicles
1
Motor scooter
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3865, longitude -3.85856, in the PL21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550F521254
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
60 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, 22 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 6 December 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motor scooter

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Other object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 42, motor scooter rider or passenger, on vehicle 1 (Motor scooter)

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 198550F521254 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.