A379 crash in the South Hams on 17 February 1987 at 17:05 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the A379 in the South Hams at 17:05 on Tuesday 17 February 1987. The 40-year-old male driver of vehicle 1 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
- 17 Feb 1987
- Tuesday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.27088, longitude -3.72172, in the TQ7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198750F550237
- 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 August 1986.
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 18 August 1986
At the same spotRef 198650F551325
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 8 June 2023
20 m awayRef 2023501319846
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 2 April 2013
23 m awayRef 201350JK2P001
Serious
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 26 May 1981
30 m awayRef 198150G480386
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 4 August 2011
34 m awayRef 201150JK2P001
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 9 July 2012
45 m awayRef 201250JK2P004
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 198750F550237 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 1987.