A380 crash in the South Hams on 12 December 2011 at 14:45 involving a Subaru Impreza
A Subaru Impreza and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A380 in the South Hams at 14:45 on Monday 12 December 2011. The 28-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta and a 21-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2011
- Monday, 14:45
- Vehicles
- 2
- Subaru Impreza and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45652, longitude -3.59112, in the TQ3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Marldon & Littlehempston, South Hams, TQ3 1NW 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
- 201150JS3N014
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 380
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dark, street lights lit
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 17 March 2015.
Slight
Toyota IQ crash on the A380 in the South Hams, 17 March 2015
4 m awayRef 201550JS3N005
Slight
Skoda Yeti crash on the A380 in the South Hams, 5 October 2013
4 m awayRef 201350JS3N012
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A380 in the South Hams, 16 November 2012
6 m awayRef 201250JS3N011
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A380 in the South Hams, 25 June 2011
7 m awayRef 201150JS3N008
Slight
Peugeot 307 crash on the A380 in the South Hams, 27 June 2008
8 m awayRef 200850JS3N003
Slight
Ford Sierra crash on the A380 in the South Hams, 5 October 2003
9 m awayRef 200350F21L673
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Subaru Impreza
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,994 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Position at junction
- Entering roundabout
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- 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 201150JS3N014 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.