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A38 crash in the South Hams on 11 July 2014 at 18:30 involving a Ford Fiesta

A Ford Fiesta and a Volkswagen Eos were involved in a crash on the A38 in the South Hams at 18:30 on Friday 11 July 2014. The 26-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta, the 56-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Eos and a 58-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Eos 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
11 Jul 2014
Friday, 18:30
Vehicles
2
Ford Fiesta and Volkswagen Eos
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41576, longitude -3.8403, 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
201450JS2K016
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
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
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
2%
Estimated chance it was slight
98%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 November 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,242 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Eos

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,968 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 56, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Eos)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 58, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Eos)

    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 201450JS2K016 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.