A385 crash in the South Hams on 22 April 2011 at 15:32 involving a Skoda Felicia
A Skoda Felicia and a Subaru Impreza were involved in a crash on the A385 in the South Hams at 15:32 on Friday 22 April 2011. The 36-year-old male driver of the Subaru Impreza, a 54-year-old female passenger in the Subaru Impreza and a 77-year-old male passenger in the Subaru Impreza were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Apr 2011
- Friday, 15:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Skoda Felicia and Subaru Impreza
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43448, longitude -3.69014, 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 5QF 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
- 201150JS2P008
- 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
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 October 2020.
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 17 October 2020
1 m awayRef 2020500993740
Slight
Renault Clio crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 27 April 1994
4 m awayRef 199450F510992
Serious
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 30 March 2011
4 m awayRef 201150JS2R003
Slight
Nissan Primera crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 29 May 2006
6 m awayRef 200650F51G440
Slight
Car crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 24 March 1980
6 m awayRef 198050G510206
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 15 June 2011
6 m awayRef 201150JS2R006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Skoda Felicia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 20 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,289 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 36 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,457 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 36, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Impreza)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Impreza)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 77, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Subaru Impreza)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 201150JS2P008 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.