A381 crash in the South Hams on 3 June 2002 at 12:25 involving a Peugeot 309
A Peugeot 309 and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A381 in the South Hams at 12:25 on Monday 3 June 2002. The 62-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort and a 45-year-old female passenger in the Peugeot 309 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jun 2002
- Monday, 12:25
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 309 and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.33496, longitude -3.74433, in the TQ9 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200250F553264
- 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
- 381
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Wet or damp
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 54 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 October 2001.
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 27 October 2001
54 m awayRef 200150F556841
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 18 April 1986
108 m awayRef 198650F550497
Slight
Volvo XC70 crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 23 March 2025
164 m awayRef 2025501568264
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 23 August 2006
170 m awayRef 200650F55L057
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 9 March 2024
308 m awayRef 2024501418856
Serious
Bedford crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 30 August 1991
384 m awayRef 199150F551543
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 309
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,294 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 62, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 309)
- 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 200250F553264 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.