A379 crash in the South Hams on 10 April 2012 at 09:16 involving an Audi A3
A car and an Audi A3 were involved in a crash on the A379 in the South Hams at 09:16 on Tuesday 10 April 2012. The female driver of the car and a female passenger in the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 10 Apr 2012
- Tuesday, 09:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and Audi A3
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.29725, longitude -3.81893, in the TQ7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250JK2K002
- 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
- 379
- Road type
- Single 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
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 April 1998.
Slight
Volkswagen Jetta crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 1 April 1998
5 m awayRef 199850F551958
Slight
Citroen Saxo crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 3 April 1999
10 m awayRef 199950F552028
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 14 December 2007
10 m awayRef 200750F55P347
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 11 June 2000
10 m awayRef 200050F541563
Slight
Mercedes crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 13 February 2004
10 m awayRef 200450F55B841
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 8 August 2000
12 m awayRef 200050F554090
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
Vehicle 2: Audi A3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)
- 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 201250JK2K002 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.