A385 crash in the South Hams on 5 September 2011 at 12:20 involving a Vauxhall Astra
A Vauxhall Astra and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A385 in the South Hams at 12:20 on Monday 5 September 2011. The 26-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Sep 2011
- Monday, 12:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Astra and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43261, longitude -3.66937, 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 5RF 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
- 201150JS2A007
- 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
- 385
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 3 December 2022.
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 3 December 2022
7 m awayRef 2022501249417
Serious
Car crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 9 December 1987
9 m awayRef 198750F512330
Slight
Toyota Avensis crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 20 February 2003
9 m awayRef 200350F51B553
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 30 May 2013
10 m awayRef 201350JS2A003
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 10 April 2003
28 m awayRef 200350F51D265
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 4 March 2001
28 m awayRef 200150F511299
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 201150JS2A007 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.