B3392 crash in the South Hams on 28 March 2002 at 15:45 involving an Austin Maestro
An Austin Maestro and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the B3392 in the South Hams at 15:45 on Thursday 28 March 2002. The 20-year-old male driver of the Austin Maestro 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
- 28 Mar 2002
- Thursday, 15:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Austin Maestro and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.31666, longitude -3.88511, in the TQ7 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200250F551896
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- 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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 October 1985.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3392 in the South Hams, 24 October 1985
14 m awayRef 198550F552067
Slight
Car crash on the B3392 in the South Hams, 5 March 1979
14 m awayRef 197950G480143
Serious
Car crash on the B3392 in the South Hams, 8 September 1979
110 m awayRef 197950G480780
Slight
Car crash on the B3392 in the South Hams, 8 December 1988
122 m awayRef 198850F552462
Slight
Car crash on the B3392 in the South Hams, 8 July 1989
124 m awayRef 198950F551271
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3392 in the South Hams, 1 June 1988
156 m awayRef 198850F551019
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Austin Maestro
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Other permanent object
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 72 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Austin Maestro)
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 200250F551896 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 2002.