A381 crash in the South Hams on 3 February 1989 at 08:45 involving a car
A car hit a pedestrian on the A381 in the South Hams at 08:45 on Friday 3 February 1989. A 12-year-old female pedestrian 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
- 3 Feb 1989
- Friday, 08:45
- Vehicles
- 1
- Car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.28182, longitude -3.78345, in the TQ7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingsbridge.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198950F550226
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 381
- 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, 53 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 June 2022.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 25 June 2022
53 m awayRef 2022501205375
Serious
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 19 August 1993
58 m awayRef 199350F552025
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 27 April 1988
67 m awayRef 198850F550746
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 27 June 1989
78 m awayRef 198950F551195
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 10 August 2012
82 m awayRef 201250JK2Y001
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 28 November 1980
86 m awayRef 198050G480970
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 12, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)
- Pedestrian location
- In carriageway, not crossing
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, facing traffic
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 198950F550226 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.