A38 crash in the South Hams on 19 April 2011 at 15:40 involving a Toyota Corolla
A Toyota Corolla and a Suzuki SX4 were involved in a crash on the A38 in the South Hams at 15:40 on Tuesday 19 April 2011. The 48-year-old female driver of the Suzuki SX4 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
- 19 Apr 2011
- Tuesday, 15:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Toyota Corolla and Suzuki SX4
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38, longitude -4.00364, in the PL7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Newton & Yealmpton, South Hams, PL7 5AU 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
- 201150JI4M008
- 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
- 1%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 99%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 22 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 April 1999.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A38 in Plymouth, 8 April 1999
22 m awayRef 199950E510765
Serious
Nissan Qashqai crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 24 October 2019
24 m awayRef 2019500902808
Serious
Harley-Davidson XL 883 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 21 July 2012
27 m awayRef 201250JI4M008
Slight
Vauxhall Insignia crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 17 December 2025
38 m awayRef 2025501684610
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 21 March 2007
44 m awayRef 200750E53D036
Slight
Ford KA crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 12 March 2008
53 m awayRef 200850E51C932
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Toyota Corolla
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,794 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Suzuki SX4
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 48 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,586 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 48, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Suzuki SX4)
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 201150JI4M008 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.