A381 crash in the South Hams on 6 December 2004 at 13:00 involving a Ford Focus
A Ford Focus and another vehicle were involved in a crash on the A381 in the South Hams at 13:00 on Monday 6 December 2004. The 39-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2004
- Monday, 13:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Focus and other vehicle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41729, longitude -3.70568, in the TQ9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200450F51R474
- 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
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 150 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 January 1993.
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 28 January 1993
150 m awayRef 199350F510197
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 14 November 1997
158 m awayRef 199750F512516
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 16 August 2020
170 m awayRef 2020500989692
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 3 February 1989, ref 198950F510200
179 m awayRef 198950F510200
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 3 February 1989, ref 198950F510201
179 m awayRef 198950F510201
Serious
Hyosung GT 125 crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 6 March 2009
180 m awayRef 200950JS2P007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Focus
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 39 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,596 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 2: Other vehicle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside and rebounded
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 60 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Focus)
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 200450F51R474 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 2004.