A3121 crash in the South Hams on 26 September 2014 at 09:05 involving a Vauxhall Astra
An agricultural vehicle and a Vauxhall Astra were involved in a crash on the A3121 in the South Hams at 09:05 on Friday 26 September 2014. The 23-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Astra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Sep 2014
- Friday, 09:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Agricultural vehicle and Vauxhall Astra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39194, longitude -3.84419, 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
- 201450JS2K020
- 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
- 3121
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
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, 13 metres away, was a fatal crash on 16 December 1979.
Fatal
Car crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 16 December 1979
13 m awayRef 197950G511126
Slight
Fiat Tipo crash on the A3121 in the South Hams, 13 April 1995
13 m awayRef 199550F520689
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A3121 in the South Hams, 23 December 2007
26 m awayRef 200750E53P892
Slight
Car crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 14 November 1988
38 m awayRef 198850F522348
Slight
Car crash on the B3196 in the South Hams, 9 January 1981
46 m awayRef 198150G460017
Serious
BMW R 1200 crash on the A3121 in the South Hams, 7 October 2014
49 m awayRef 201450JS2K018
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Agricultural vehicle
- Towing and articulation
- Single trailer
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astra)
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 201450JS2K020 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.