A381 crash in the South Hams on 21 April 2007 at 18:10 involving a BMW 3 Series
A car and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the A381 in the South Hams at 18:10 on Saturday 21 April 2007. The 37-year-old male driver of the car was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 21 Apr 2007
- Saturday, 18:10
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4275, longitude -3.69014, in the TQ9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Totnes, South Hams, TQ9 5QF 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
- 200750F51E694
- 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
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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, 30 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 March 1988.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 5 March 1988
30 m awayRef 198850F510365
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 26 November 2015
30 m awayRef 201550JS2P018
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 22 January 1989
36 m awayRef 198950F510125
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 27 May 2008
41 m awayRef 200850JS2Q003
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 19 February 1996
50 m awayRef 199650F510319
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 14 January 1981
50 m awayRef 198150G510024
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 37 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,895 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 37, 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 200750F51E694 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 2007.