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Unclassified road crash in the South Hams PL21 on 26 June 2014 at 17:15 involving a Land Rover Defender

A Land Rover Defender and a Volvo V70 were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 17:15 on Thursday 26 June 2014. A 72-year-old male passenger in the Volvo V70 and a 63-year-old female passenger in the Volvo V70 were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jun 2014
Thursday, 17:15
Vehicles
2
Land Rover Defender and Volvo V70
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.33264, longitude -3.9187, in the PL21 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201450JK2B002
Council area
South Hams
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Devon

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 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
3%
Estimated chance it was slight
97%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 197 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 November 1998.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Land Rover Defender

    Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo V70

    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
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    2,435 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol and LPG
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo V70)

    Car passenger
    Rear 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 201450JK2B002 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.