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A379 crash in the South Hams on 18 February 2004 at 09:00 involving a Toyota Hilux

A Toyota Hilux crashed on the A379 in the South Hams at 09:00 on Wednesday 18 February 2004. The 24-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on an oily single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Feb 2004
Wednesday, 09:00
Vehicles
1
Toyota Hilux
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.29736, longitude -3.79786, in the TQ7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford, South Hams, TQ7 4AF area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200450F55C024
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
379
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
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
379

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Oil or diesel
Special conditions at the site
Road surface defective
Carriageway hazards
Oil or diesel

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 2005.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Toyota Hilux

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Toyota Hilux)

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 200450F55C024 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.