C road crash in the South Hams TQ9 on 19 May 2008 at 09:05 involving a Renault Kangoo
Four vehicles, including a Renault Kangoo and a Peugeot 206, were involved in a crash on a C road in the South Hams at 09:05 on Monday 19 May 2008. The 28-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Golf and a 26-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 May 2008
- Monday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 4
- Renault Kangoo and 3 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43115, longitude -3.69858, in the TQ9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Totnes. 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
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200850JS2Q002
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 15 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 4 June 2024.
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 4 June 2024
15 m awayRef 2024501455214
Slight
Car crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 3 November 1989
36 m awayRef 198950F512185
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 14 December 1979
45 m awayRef 197950G511093
Serious
Car crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 7 October 1985
50 m awayRef 198550F311989
Slight
Car crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 26 June 1987
57 m awayRef 198750F511207
Slight
Car crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 28 October 1989
60 m awayRef 198950F512316
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Renault Kangoo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 32 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 3: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 4: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Other or not known
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
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 200850JS2Q002 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 2008.