A381 crash in the South Hams on 10 June 2011 at 13:42 involving a Vauxhall Vectra
A car and a Vauxhall Vectra were involved in a crash on the A381 in the South Hams at 13:42 on Friday 10 June 2011. The 78-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and a 72-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Vectra were 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
- 10 Jun 2011
- Friday, 13:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Vauxhall Vectra
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39621, longitude -3.71367, in the TQ9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150JS2H005
- 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
- 381
- 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
- 5%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 95%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 41 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 25 July 1996.
Serious
Morris Marina crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 25 July 1996
41 m awayRef 199650F511417
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 7 February 1990
41 m awayRef 199050F510208
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 3 August 2007
101 m awayRef 200750F51J163
Serious
Peugeot 205 crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 18 December 2013
103 m awayRef 201350JS2H007
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 2 May 2005
112 m awayRef 200550F51F171
Slight
Lada Riva crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 3 June 2004
122 m awayRef 200450F51H167
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 78 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 78, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
- 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 201150JS2H005 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.