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Unclassified road crash in the South Hams PL21 on 5 September 2006 at 18:40 involving a Citroen Saxo

A car and a Citroen Saxo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 18:40 on Tuesday 5 September 2006. The 55-year-old female driver of the car 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
5 Sep 2006
Tuesday, 18:40
Vehicles
2
Car and Citroen Saxo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38733, longitude -3.93054, in the PL21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ivybridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ivybridge West, South Hams, PL21 9AL 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
200650E53K997
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 August 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    55 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Saxo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,587 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 55, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

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 200650E53K997 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 2006.