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A3122 crash in the South Hams on 7 March 1998 at 08:45 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier

A Vauxhall Cavalier and a Ford Orion were involved in a crash on the A3122 in the South Hams at 08:45 on Saturday 7 March 1998. The 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Orion was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
7 Mar 1998
Saturday, 08:45
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Cavalier and Ford Orion
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34826, longitude -3.5997, in the TQ6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199850F531382
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3122
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 5 September 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Orion

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,596 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Orion)

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 199850F531382 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 1998.