B3210 crash in the South Hams on 3 November 1989 at 12:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on the B3210 in the South Hams at 12:00 on Friday 3 November 1989. The 20-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Nov 1989
- Friday, 12:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43105, longitude -3.6981, 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
- 198950F512185
- 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
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 December 1979.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 14 December 1979
10 m awayRef 197950G511093
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on a C road in the South Hams, 19 May 2008
36 m awayRef 200850JS2Q002
Slight
Mitsubishi crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 4 June 2001
45 m awayRef 200150F513331
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 4 June 2024
51 m awayRef 2024501455214
Serious
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 11 November 2009
54 m awayRef 200950JS2Q004
Slight
Smart Fortwo crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 29 August 2018
59 m awayRef 2018500800055
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 198950F512185 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 1989.