B3213 crash in the South Hams on 21 February 2014 at 09:00 involving a Volkswagen Bora
A Volkswagen Bora and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on the B3213 in the South Hams at 09:00 on Friday 21 February 2014. The 28-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo 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
- 21 Feb 2014
- Friday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Bora and Volkswagen Polo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39074, longitude -3.91132, in the PL21 postcode district and within the built-up area of Ivybridge. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ivybridge East, South Hams, PL21 0FB 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
- 201450JI2B002
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3213
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Stop sign
- 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 9 October 2013.
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 9 October 2013
4 m awayRef 201350JI2B003
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 28 October 1985
17 m awayRef 198550E532089
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 1 March 1986
20 m awayRef 198650E530360
Slight
Scania crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 28 July 2018
31 m awayRef 2018500322352
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 1 July 1987
44 m awayRef 198750E531161
Slight
Peugeot Partner crash on the B3213 in the South Hams, 28 October 2023
51 m awayRef 2023501368977
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Bora
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 52 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,896 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)
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 201450JI2B002 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 2014.