A379 crash in the South Hams on 28 April 1985 at 16:45 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A379 in the South Hams at 16:45 on Sunday 28 April 1985. A 35-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 1985
- Sunday, 16:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35013, longitude -3.5947, in the TQ6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Dartmouth.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550F530713
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 379
- 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
- B
- Second road number
- 3207
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 slight injury crash on 20 November 2008.
Slight
Fiat Seicento crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 20 November 2008
At the same spotRef 200850JH2H010
Slight
Jeep Cherokee crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 8 May 2025
1 m awayRef 2025501587879
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 11 July 1984
10 m awayRef 198450F531256
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Rover 200 Series crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 5 August 1998
10 m awayRef 199850F534609
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Ford Fiesta crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 31 December 1998
10 m awayRef 199850F537990
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Ford Escort crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 7 April 2001
14 m awayRef 200150F532093
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 198550F530713 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.