B3213 crash in the South Hams on 23 May 2001 at 21:35 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta crashed on the B3213 in the South Hams at 21:35 on Wednesday 23 May 2001. The 21-year-old female driver was slightly injured.
It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 May 2001
- Wednesday, 21:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3984, longitude -3.86992, in the PL21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ermington & Ugborough, South Hams, PL21 0EP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150F523362
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3213
- 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
- Dark, no street lighting
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
- Carriageway hazards
- Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 7 November 2005.
Serious
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 7 November 2005
10 m awayRef 200550E53O490
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 22 November 2014
18 m awayRef 201450JS2K023
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 22 July 1988
20 m awayRef 198850F521495
Serious
Car crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 20 January 2021
40 m awayRef 2021501017237
Slight
Car crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 20 April 1983
41 m awayRef 198350F520691
Serious
Volkswagen Eos crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 11 April 2009
42 m awayRef 200950JS2K004
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
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 200150F523362 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.