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A379 crash in the South Hams on 11 September 1986 at 09:15 involving a car

A car and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A379 in the South Hams at 09:15 on Thursday 11 September 1986. A 45-year-old male pedestrian hit by the car was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Sep 1986
Thursday, 09:15
Vehicles
2
Car and other vehicle
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34958, longitude -3.88959, 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
198650F551480
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
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, 18 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 June 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Other vehicle

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    50 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Slight

    Male, aged 45, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, not crossing

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 198650F551480 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 1986.