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South Hams road accidents in 2000: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 319 road traffic collisions in the South Hams in 2000, and 438 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 2 were fatal and 38 were serious.

Collisions were up 12% on 1999 (285), and casualties rose from 379.

Across all years from 1979 to 2025, police recorded 12,165 collisions in the South Hams.

Collisions in 2000
319
Up 12% on 1999
Casualties in 2000
438
Up 16% on 1999
Fatal collisions
2
0.6% of collisions
Serious collisions
38
12% of collisions

Crash severity in the South Hams in 2000

0.6% of collisions in the South Hams in 2000 were fatal and 12% serious, against 1.7% and 20% in the South Hams from 1979 to 2025.

Collisions by worst injury

  • Fatal20.6%
  • Serious3812%
  • Slight27987%

People hurt, by injury

  • Fatal20.5%
  • Serious4611%
  • Slight39089%

South Hams road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in the South Hams, 1979 to 2025

Collisions peaked at 363 in 1986. 2000 is highlighted, with 319, up 12% on 1999.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2000
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
2025158217
2024146183
2023141177
2022134181
2021139194
2020122163
2019156265
2018179245
2017199274
2016217295
2015211293
2014233352
2013210280
2012243358
2011211309
2010220332
2009253345
2008283404
2007322446
2006344456
2005333450
2004303371
2003286387
2002302417
2001284410
2000319438
1999285379
1998286375
1997317432
1996332449
1995308415
1994239323
1993282383
1992254353
1991258373
1990275364
1989278448
1988300404
1987264347
1986363529
1985339473
1984294428
1983270385
1982325472
1981327500
1980325450
1979296419

When and where crashes happen in the South Hams in 2000

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday55 (17%)
  • Tuesday46 (14%)
  • Wednesday43 (13%)
  • Thursday44 (14%)
  • Friday56 (18%)
  • Saturday41 (13%)
  • Sunday34 (11%)

Collisions by time of day

  • 00:00 to 02:5914 (4.4%)
  • 03:00 to 05:593 (0.9%)
  • 06:00 to 08:5934 (11%)
  • 09:00 to 11:5963 (20%)
  • 12:00 to 14:5959 (18%)
  • 15:00 to 17:5980 (25%)
  • 18:00 to 20:5942 (13%)
  • 21:00 to 23:5924 (7.5%)

Collisions by month

  • January22 (6.9%)
  • February20 (6.3%)
  • March26 (8.2%)
  • April23 (7.2%)
  • May28 (8.8%)
  • June28 (8.8%)
  • July29 (9.1%)
  • August33 (10%)
  • September23 (7.2%)
  • October23 (7.2%)
  • November35 (11%)
  • December29 (9.1%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight266 (83%)
  • Dark, no street lighting53 (17%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds237 (74%)
  • Raining, no high winds51 (16%)
  • Raining with high winds10 (3.1%)
  • Fine with high winds6 (1.9%)
  • Other15 (4.7%)

Road surface

  • Dry176 (55%)
  • Wet or damp133 (42%)
  • Frost or ice5 (1.6%)
  • Mud3 (0.9%)
  • Flood over 3cm deep2 (0.6%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 30 mph111 (35%)
  • 40 mph13 (4.1%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.3%)
  • 60 mph156 (49%)
  • 70 mph38 (12%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway259 (81%)
  • Dual carriageway40 (13%)
  • One way street or slip road10 (3.1%)
  • Roundabout8 (2.5%)
  • Not recorded2 (0.6%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Who was hurt in road crashes in the South Hams in 2000

Casualties by road user

  • Car occupant321 (73%)
  • Motorcyclist43 (9.8%)
  • Pedestrian33 (7.5%)
  • Cyclist20 (4.6%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)11 (2.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant5 (1.1%)
  • Van occupant4 (0.9%)
  • Other vehicle occupant1 (0.2%)

Casualties by age

  • 0 to 59 (2.1%)
  • 6 to 1014 (3.2%)
  • 11 to 1518 (4.1%)
  • 16 to 2064 (15%)
  • 21 to 2543 (9.8%)
  • 26 to 35100 (23%)
  • 36 to 4562 (14%)
  • 46 to 5556 (13%)
  • 56 to 6534 (7.8%)
  • 66 to 7518 (4.1%)
  • Over 7516 (3.7%)
  • Not recorded4 (0.9%)

Drivers, passengers and pedestrians

  • Driver or rider272 (62%)
  • Passenger133 (30%)
  • Pedestrian33 (7.5%)

Vehicles involved

  • Car458 (78%)
  • Motorcycle43 (7.3%)
  • Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes28 (4.7%)
  • Pedal cycle20 (3.4%)
  • Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes18 (3.1%)
  • Bus or coach9 (1.5%)
  • Other vehicle9 (1.5%)
  • Agricultural vehicle3 (0.5%)
  • Minibus1 (0.2%)
  • Not recorded1 (0.2%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Crash map for the South Hams in 2000

Map of the last 24 crashes of 2000 in the South Hams

Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.

  • 24 crashes
  • Serious
  • Slight

How the South Hams ranked among 351 areas in 2000

Of the 351 areas in England, Scotland and Wales, the South Hams had fewer road collisions than 288 of them in 2000.

Collisions
289th
of 351 areas, highest first
Casualties
287th
of 351 areas, highest first
Fatal collisions
313th
of 351 areas, highest first
Serious collisions
302nd
of 351 areas, highest first

Roads in the South Hams with the most crashes in 2000

The A379 had the most collisions in the South Hams in 2000: 43, including 1 fatal and 7 serious.

Roads ranked by collisions in the South Hams, 2000
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA379436217
2ndA38405015
3rdA381284804
4thA385162504
5thA3122101801
6thA38061000
7thA3846900
8thB321061100
9thB32136701
10thB32055700
11thA31214500
12thB31963400
13thA30222200
14thA3862401
15thA3891100
16thB31201301
17thB31971300
18thB32071100
19thB33571101

Towns in the South Hams: crashes in 2000

Totnes had the most collisions of any town in the South Hams in 2000: 17.

Postcode districts in the South Hams: crashes in 2000

TQ9 had the most collisions of any postcode district in the South Hams in 2000: 70.

Latest crashes in the South Hams in 2000

Of the last 24 crashes in the South Hams in 2000, none were fatal and 3 were serious. The last was on 30 December 2000.

Severity

South Hams road accidents in other years