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C road crash in the South Hams TQ7 on 14 October 1998 at 09:28 involving a Rover Metro

A Rover Metro and a Peugeot 305 were involved in a crash on a C road in the South Hams at 09:28 on Wednesday 14 October 1998. The 38-year-old male driver of the Peugeot 305 and a 35-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 305 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a wet one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Oct 1998
Wednesday, 09:28
Vehicles
2
Rover Metro and Peugeot 305
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.28618, longitude -3.77477, 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
199850F557109
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
Other
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 August 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    70 years
    Engine capacity
    1,118 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Peugeot 305

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 305)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 305)

    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 199850F557109 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.