A381 crash in the South Hams on 3 June 2015 at 10:14 involving a BMW 3 Series
A BMW 3 Series, a Volkswagen UP and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A381 in the South Hams at 10:14 on Wednesday 3 June 2015. The 41-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen UP, a 34-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen UP and a 40-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen UP were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jun 2015
- Wednesday, 10:14
- Vehicles
- 3
- BMW 3 Series and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43283, longitude -3.6808, in the TQ9 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Totnes, South Hams, TQ9 5QF 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
- 201550JS2R006
- 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
- 381
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 31 March 2017.
Serious
Volvo XC90 crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 31 March 2017
At the same spotRef 2017500171664
Slight
Volkswagen Urban crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 6 July 2018
At the same spotRef 2018500316748
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 14 January 2018
2 m awayRef 2018500272146
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 29 April 2007
3 m awayRef 200750F51E666
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 30 March 2007
3 m awayRef 200750F51D987
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 6 March 1995
10 m awayRef 199550F510395
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen UP
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 41 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 3: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 41, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen UP)
- 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 201550JS2R006 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 2015.