A38 crash in the South Hams on 28 April 2012 at 17:15 involving a Renault Megane
A Renault Megane and a Peugeot 206 were involved in a crash on the A38 in the South Hams at 17:15 on Saturday 28 April 2012. The 47-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 206 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry slip road with a 60 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Apr 2012
- Saturday, 17:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Renault Megane and Peugeot 206
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41578, longitude -3.84012, in the TQ10 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ermington & Ugborough, South Hams, TQ10 9EP 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
- 201250JS2K003
- 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
- 38
- Road type
- Slip road
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Trunk road (National Highways)
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 38
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2017.
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 8 November 2017
10 m awayRef 2017500241184
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 11 July 2014
13 m awayRef 201450JS2K016
Slight
Kia Ceed crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 30 November 2010
16 m awayRef 201050JS2K024
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 26 December 2017
25 m awayRef 2017500258255
Slight
Nissan Sunny crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 23 March 2002
26 m awayRef 200250F521754
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 14 December 2011
43 m awayRef 201150JS2L010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Peugeot 206)
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 201250JS2K003 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.