Serious B3194 crash in the South Hams on 5 March 1992 at 18:45 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B3194 in the South Hams at 18:45 on Thursday 5 March 1992. The 33-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was seriously injured and the 41-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 5 Mar 1992
- Thursday, 18:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.29226, longitude -3.77725, in the TQ7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Kingsbridge.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199250F550316
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3194
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 2003.
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 7 May 2003
22 m awayRef 200350F55I056
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 23 May 1986
71 m awayRef 198650F550655
Serious
Honda XR125L crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 23 March 2018
73 m awayRef 2018500279596
Slight
Car crash on the B3194 in the South Hams, 10 October 1987
85 m awayRef 198750F551919
Slight
Subaru Justy crash on the B3196 in the South Hams, 21 December 1995
104 m awayRef 199550F552540
Serious
Vauxhall Vectra crash on a C road in the South Hams, 12 August 2012
112 m awayRef 201250JK2K005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,117 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousFemale, aged 33, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)
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 199250F550316 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 1992.