B3392 crash in the South Hams on 2 May 1997 at 16:55 involving a Volvo 360
A Volvo 360 crashed on the B3392 in the South Hams at 16:55 on Friday 2 May 1997. A 19-year-old male passenger was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 May 1997
- Friday, 16:55
- Vehicles
- 1
- Volvo 360
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3284, longitude -3.88116, in the TQ7 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199750F550873
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3392
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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, 158 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 August 2006.
Slight
Vauxhall Sintra crash on the B3392 in the South Hams, 22 August 2006
158 m awayRef 200650F55L098
Serious
Yamaha XVS 650 crash on the B3392 in the South Hams, 24 September 2002
244 m awayRef 200250F556437
Slight
MG Metro crash on the B3392 in the South Hams, 26 November 1990
361 m awayRef 199050F552257
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 29 June 2002
405 m awayRef 200250F553939
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in the South Hams, 27 June 1979
412 m awayRef 197950G480522
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3392 in the South Hams, 3 February 2017
417 m awayRef 2017500157785
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Volvo 360
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,986 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volvo 360)
- Car passenger
- Front 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 199750F550873 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 1997.