B3194 crash in the South Hams on 23 January 2002 at 16:30 involving a Vauxhall Astravan
A Vauxhall Astravan and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the B3194 in the South Hams at 16:30 on Wednesday 23 January 2002. The 42-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 23 Jan 2002
- Wednesday, 16:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astravan and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.30719, longitude -3.78994, in the TQ7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200250F550426
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3194
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 11 January 1997.
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the B3196 in the South Hams, 11 January 1997
41 m awayRef 199750F550055
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3196 in the South Hams, 10 April 1981
98 m awayRef 198150G480245
Slight
Land Rover Discovery crash on a C road in the South Hams, 28 June 1996
108 m awayRef 199650F551227
Serious
Lorry crash on a C road in the South Hams, 21 July 1988
140 m awayRef 198850F551394
Slight
Ford Transit crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 1 June 2006
140 m awayRef 200650F55G456
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3196 in the South Hams, 21 January 1999
166 m awayRef 199950F550404
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 42, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (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 200250F550426 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 2002.