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Unclassified road crash in the South Hams TQ8 on 23 August 2012 at 16:40 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender and a Mini Cooper were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 16:40 on Thursday 23 August 2012. The 71-year-old male driver of the Mini Cooper was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
23 Aug 2012
Thursday, 16:40
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Defender and Mini Cooper
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.23584, longitude -3.77066, in the TQ8 postcode district and within the built-up area of Salcombe. It is one of the crashes that make up the Salcombe & Thurlestone, South Hams, TQ8 8BG area accident hotspot.

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201250JK2H004
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    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
    51 years
    Engine capacity
    2,198 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    0 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mini Cooper

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Mini Cooper)

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 201250JK2H004 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 2012.