Serious B3207 crash in the South Hams on 6 February 1989 at 08:05 involving a motorcycle
A motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the B3207 in the South Hams at 08:05 on Monday 6 February 1989. The 22-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 6 Feb 1989
- Monday, 08:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35867, longitude -3.85564, in the PL21 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198950F550208
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3207
- 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 160 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 December 1983.
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3207 in the South Hams, 5 December 1983
160 m awayRef 198350F552510
Serious
Lorry crash on the B3207 in the South Hams, 17 September 1988
201 m awayRef 198850F551830
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 26 October 1998
594 m awayRef 199850F556537
Serious
Car crash on the B3207 in the South Hams, 11 February 1988
849 m awayRef 198850F550244
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 31 July 2024
851 m awayRef 2024501498021
Slight
Ford Granada crash on the B3207 in the South Hams, 26 June 1992
955 m awayRef 199250F551004
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 22, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 198950F550208 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.