A385 crash in the South Hams on 23 July 2013 at 12:25 involving a Vauxhall Astravan
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Astravan and a car, were involved in a crash on the A385 in the South Hams at 12:25 on Tuesday 23 July 2013. The 44-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astravan, the 40-year-old male driver of the car and the 30-year-old male driver of the Ford Mondeo were 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 Jul 2013
- Tuesday, 12:25
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Astravan and 3 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4327, longitude -3.66985, 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 5RF 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
- 201350JS2A005
- 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
- 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
- 2%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 98%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 January 2021.
Slight
Mitsubishi Outlander crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 22 January 2021
6 m awayRef 2021501018861
Serious
Renault Clio crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 10 April 2003
8 m awayRef 200350F51D265
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 4 March 2001
8 m awayRef 200150F511299
Slight
Ford Galaxy crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 30 May 2013
25 m awayRef 201350JS2A003
Serious
Car crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 9 December 1987
27 m awayRef 198750F512330
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 3 December 2022
28 m awayRef 2022501249417
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Astravan
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Hit object in carriageway
- Parked vehicle
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,798 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Vehicle 4: Nissan Note
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Astravan)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)
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 201350JS2A005 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 2013.