Unclassified road crash in the South Hams PL21 on 9 June 2001 at 11:58 involving a Rover 400 Series
A Rover 400 Series and a Vauxhall Nova were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 11:58 on Saturday 9 June 2001. The 21-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Nova was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a muddy single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jun 2001
- Saturday, 11:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Rover 400 Series and Vauxhall Nova
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40681, longitude -3.94907, in the PL21 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150E533440
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- Mud
- Carriageway hazards
- Mud
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 227 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 27 August 2002.
Slight
Rover Metro crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 27 August 2002
227 m awayRef 200250E535338
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 26 June 1993
320 m awayRef 199350E531777
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 27 September 1989
322 m awayRef 198950E511894
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 18 October 1989
326 m awayRef 198950E532063
Slight
Ford Orion crash on a C road in the South Hams, 24 June 1995
331 m awayRef 199550E531476
Slight
Peugeot 309 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 14 May 1994
335 m awayRef 199450E531229
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Rover 400 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Nova
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Nova)
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 200150E533440 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 2001.