A38 crash in the South Hams on 12 July 2011 at 09:38 involving a Peugeot 306
A Peugeot 306 and a car were involved in a crash on the A38 in the South Hams at 09:38 on Tuesday 12 July 2011. The 35-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Jul 2011
- Tuesday, 09:38
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 306 and car
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.385, longitude -3.96035, in the PL21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Lee Mill.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150JI2C005
- 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
- 38
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 70 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
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, 26 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 15 December 2011.
Serious
Peugeot 206 crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 15 December 2011
26 m awayRef 201150JI2I009
Serious
Car crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 21 October 1985
34 m awayRef 198550E532026
Slight
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 8 January 1996
34 m awayRef 199650E530043
Serious
Car crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 27 November 1982
38 m awayRef 198250G461114
Serious
Car crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 18 September 1988
44 m awayRef 198850E531687
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 10 August 1996
66 m awayRef 199650E531925
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 306
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Offside onto central reservation
- Hit object off carriageway
- Central crash barrier
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,761 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 20 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Peugeot 306)
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 201150JI2C005 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 2011.