Fatal
Serious
Slight
Uncategorised
| Date | Local Authority | Vehicles | Casualties | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 2 Jan 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 5 Jan 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Sun 7 Jan 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 4 | Serious |
| Tue 9 Jan 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 9 Jan 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 10 Jan 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 11 Jan 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 11 Jan 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 12 Jan 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 5 | Slight |
| Sun 14 Jan 1979 | Plymouth | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Mon 15 Jan 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 16 Jan 1979 | Exeter | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 16 Jan 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 17 Jan 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 18 Jan 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 20 Jan 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 20 Jan 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 21 Jan 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 22 Jan 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 28 Jan 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 28 Jan 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 28 Jan 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 28 Jan 1979 | Plymouth | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Sat 3 Feb 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 7 Feb 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 15 Feb 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 15 Feb 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 17 Feb 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 19 Feb 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 20 Feb 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 20 Feb 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 22 Feb 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 22 Feb 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 23 Feb 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 27 Feb 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 1 Mar 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Fri 2 Mar 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 5 Mar 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 11 Mar 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Mon 12 Mar 1979 | Plymouth | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 14 Mar 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 18 Mar 1979 | Teignbridge | 3 | 2 | Serious |
| Mon 19 Mar 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 22 Mar 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 25 Mar 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 25 Mar 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 29 Mar 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 30 Mar 1979 | Plymouth | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 31 Mar 1979 | Plymouth | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 31 Mar 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Mon 2 Apr 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 7 Apr 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 9 Apr 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Wed 11 Apr 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 14 Apr 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 14 Apr 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 15 Apr 1979 | Exeter | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Mon 16 Apr 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 17 Apr 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Tue 17 Apr 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Fatal |
| Thu 19 Apr 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 21 Apr 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 21 Apr 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 24 Apr 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 25 Apr 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 27 Apr 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 30 Apr 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 2 May 1979 | Exeter | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 2 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 2 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 3 May 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 3 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 3 May 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 4 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 6 May 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 8 May 1979 | Teignbridge | 3 | 2 | Serious |
| Tue 8 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 8 May 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Thu 10 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Mon 14 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 14 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 15 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 15 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 15 May 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Wed 16 May 1979 | East Devon | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 18 May 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 18 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 18 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 18 May 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 19 May 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Tue 22 May 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 23 May 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 23 May 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 26 May 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 26 May 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 31 May 1979 | Plymouth | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 31 May 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Fri 1 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 1 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 3 Jun 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 5 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 7 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Mon 11 Jun 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 3 | Serious |
| Tue 12 Jun 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 12 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 14 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 14 Jun 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 16 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 16 Jun 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 18 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 3 | Serious |
| Mon 18 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 19 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 20 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 20 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Sat 23 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 24 Jun 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 24 Jun 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 24 Jun 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 3 | Fatal |
| Mon 25 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 25 Jun 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 26 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 26 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 27 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 28 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Thu 28 Jun 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 3 | Serious |
| Sat 30 Jun 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 30 Jun 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 2 | Fatal |
| Sun 1 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 1 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 2 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 3 Jul 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Tue 3 Jul 1979 | South Hams | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 4 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 5 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 6 Jul 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 6 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 6 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 7 Jul 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 4 | Serious |
| Sun 8 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 3 | Slight |
| Mon 9 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 11 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 13 Jul 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 13 Jul 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 15 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Mon 16 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 16 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 17 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 18 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 18 Jul 1979 | Plymouth | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 19 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 9 | Serious |
| Thu 19 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 20 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 20 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 21 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Sat 21 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 21 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 23 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Mon 23 Jul 1979 | Exeter | 1 | 2 | Fatal |
| Tue 24 Jul 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 24 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 24 Jul 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 3 | Serious |
| Thu 26 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 26 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 26 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Thu 26 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Fri 27 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 27 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 27 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 3 | Serious |
| Sat 28 Jul 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 28 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 29 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 29 Jul 1979 | East Devon | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Sun 29 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 30 Jul 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 30 Jul 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Tue 31 Jul 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 31 Jul 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 1 Aug 1979 | Exeter | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 2 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 3 Aug 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 4 Aug 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 3 | Serious |
| Sat 4 Aug 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 6 | Serious |
| Sun 5 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 6 Aug 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 7 Aug 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 2 | Fatal |
| Tue 7 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 7 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 8 Aug 1979 | South Hams | 3 | 3 | Serious |
| Wed 8 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 10 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 11 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 11 Aug 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Mon 13 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 14 Aug 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Tue 14 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 14 Aug 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 4 | Serious |
| Wed 15 Aug 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 18 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 18 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 18 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 19 Aug 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 20 Aug 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 21 Aug 1979 | Exeter | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 22 Aug 1979 | Teignbridge | 3 | 2 | Serious |
| Fri 24 Aug 1979 | Plymouth | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 24 Aug 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 26 Aug 1979 | Exeter | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 29 Aug 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 30 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 30 Aug 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 31 Aug 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Sat 1 Sep 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 4 Sep 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 4 Sep 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 4 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 6 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 6 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 8 Sep 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Sat 8 Sep 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 9 Sep 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 9 Sep 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 9 Sep 1979 | Exeter | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 10 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 10 Sep 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 15 Sep 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 15 Sep 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sun 16 Sep 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Tue 18 Sep 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 18 Sep 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 19 Sep 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 19 Sep 1979 | Exeter | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 22 Sep 1979 | East Devon | 2 | 3 | Slight |
| Sat 22 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Sat 22 Sep 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Sat 22 Sep 1979 | Exeter | 1 | 4 | Serious |
| Sun 23 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 23 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 24 Sep 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 26 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 26 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 28 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 3 | Fatal |
| Sun 30 Sep 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 2 Oct 1979 | Exeter | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 3 Oct 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 5 Oct 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 6 Oct 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 16 | Serious |
| Sun 14 Oct 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 19 Oct 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 19 Oct 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Mon 22 Oct 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 24 Oct 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 25 Oct 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 27 Oct 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 27 Oct 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 1 Nov 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 2 Nov 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 4 Nov 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 7 Nov 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 2 | Slight |
| Thu 8 Nov 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 14 Nov 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Wed 14 Nov 1979 | Plymouth | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 15 Nov 1979 | Plymouth | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 22 Nov 1979 | Teignbridge | 3 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 24 Nov 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Tue 27 Nov 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 29 Nov 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 29 Nov 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Fri 30 Nov 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 30 Nov 1979 | Exeter | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 1 Dec 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sat 1 Dec 1979 | Exeter | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Tue 4 Dec 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Fri 7 Dec 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 9 Dec 1979 | Torbay | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 9 Dec 1979 | South Hams | 1 | 3 | Serious |
| Wed 12 Dec 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 12 Dec 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Thu 13 Dec 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Thu 13 Dec 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Fri 14 Dec 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Fri 14 Dec 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Wed 19 Dec 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 2 | Slight |
| Fri 21 Dec 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Serious |
| Fri 21 Dec 1979 | Torbay | 2 | 1 | Fatal |
| Sun 23 Dec 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 1 | Slight |
| Mon 24 Dec 1979 | Teignbridge | 2 | 1 | Serious |
| Mon 24 Dec 1979 | South Hams | 2 | 2 | Serious |
| Thu 27 Dec 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 2 | Serious |
| Fri 28 Dec 1979 | Teignbridge | 1 | 1 | Slight |
| Sun 30 Dec 1979 | Plymouth | 1 | 3 | Slight |
| Sun 30 Dec 1979 | South Hams | 3 | 2 | Serious |