B3207 crash in the South Hams on 11 August 1990 at 22:12 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort crashed on the B3207 in the South Hams at 22:12 on Saturday 11 August 1990. A 31-year-old male passenger and a 24-year-old female passenger were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 11 Aug 1990
- Saturday, 22:12
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36854, longitude -3.78853, in the TQ9 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199050F551460
- 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
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 135 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 November 2003.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 13 November 2003
135 m awayRef 200350F51N564
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the B3207 in the South Hams, 19 March 1991
141 m awayRef 199150F550466
Slight
Ford Escort crash on a C road in the South Hams, 17 November 1997
143 m awayRef 199750F512572
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3207 in the South Hams, 28 June 1987
224 m awayRef 198750F551120
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 26 February 2012
250 m awayRef 201250JS2J001
Slight
Audi Q5 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 7 September 2010
442 m awayRef 201050JS2I001
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 199050F551460 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 1990.