A379 crash in the South Hams on 25 June 2011 at 17:50 involving an Audi A4
An Audi A4, a Renault Laguna and a Peugeot 205 were involved in a crash on the A379 in the South Hams at 17:50 on Saturday 25 June 2011. A 35-year-old female passenger in the Renault Laguna 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
- 25 Jun 2011
- Saturday, 17:50
- Vehicles
- 3
- Audi A4 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35437, longitude -4.05096, in the PL8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150JI3F006
- 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
- 379
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 September 2002.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 6 September 2002
4 m awayRef 200250E525447
Serious
Kawasaki crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 11 February 1991
14 m awayRef 199150E520302
Fatal
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in Plymouth, 30 June 1979
14 m awayRef 197950G470531
Slight
Volkswagen Eos crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 24 February 2010
20 m awayRef 201050JI3F003
Serious
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 14 August 1980
33 m awayRef 198050G470663
Serious
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 17 July 1985
33 m awayRef 198550E521345
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Audi A4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Laguna
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,948 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot 205
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- 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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,580 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 26 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Laguna)
- 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 201150JI3F006 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.