A38 crash in the South Hams on 20 April 2001 at 14:44 involving a Renault lorry
A Renault lorry and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A38 in the South Hams at 14:44 on Friday 20 April 2001. A 56-year-old male passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2001
- Friday, 14:44
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4184, longitude -3.83354, in the TQ10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150F522361
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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
- Special conditions at the site
- Roadworks
- Carriageway hazards
- Roadworks
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2017.
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 14 August 2017
7 m awayRef 2017500217156
Slight
Lexus LS400 crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 4 December 2000
28 m awayRef 200050F526885
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 14 February 2014
48 m awayRef 201450JS2L001
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 19 May 1997
71 m awayRef 199750F521002
Slight
Citroen C15 crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 11 September 1997
81 m awayRef 199750F522056
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 24 November 2008
112 m awayRef 200850JS2L007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault
Goods vehicle 7.5 tonnes and over
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 11,116 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 200150F522361 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.