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A379 crash in the South Hams on 27 August 2001 at 11:45 involving a Mazda MX-5

A Mazda MX-5 and an Audi A4 were involved in a crash on the A379 in the South Hams at 11:45 on Monday 27 August 2001. A 60-year-old female passenger in the Audi A4, a 50-year-old female passenger in the Audi A4 and an 18-year-old male passenger in the Mazda MX-5 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
27 Aug 2001
Monday, 11:45
Vehicles
2
Mazda MX-5 and Audi A4
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37251, longitude -3.5439, in the TQ5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200150F275248
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
B
Second road number
3205

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 16 March 1989.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda MX-5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    23 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Audi A4)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda MX-5)

    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 200150F275248 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.