B3372 crash in the South Hams on 9 August 2005 at 07:49 involving a Suzuki Swift
A Suzuki Swift hit two pedestrians on the B3372 in the South Hams at 07:49 on Tuesday 9 August 2005. A 22-year-old female pedestrian and a 26-year-old male pedestrian were 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
- 9 Aug 2005
- Tuesday, 07:49
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Swift
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.42792, longitude -3.81744, in the TQ10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200550F52J989
- 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
- 3372
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 194 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 September 1979.
Serious
Scooter crash on a C road in the South Hams, 23 September 1979
194 m awayRef 197950G510864
Slight
Car crash on the B3372 in the South Hams, 25 April 1989
194 m awayRef 198950F520699
Serious
Car crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 5 September 1983
407 m awayRef 198350F521838
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B3372 in the South Hams, 11 December 2021
428 m awayRef 2021501131362
Serious
Suzuki Swift crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 28 September 2002
460 m awayRef 200250F525966
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the B3372 in the South Hams, 6 January 2003
481 m awayRef 200350F52A109
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Swift
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 993 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightFemale, aged 22, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
Casualty 2: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 26, hit by vehicle 1 (Suzuki Swift)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Pedestrian movement
- Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic
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 200550F52J989 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 2005.