B3372 crash in the South Hams on 18 May 2016 at 10:30 involving a Rover 75
A Rover 75, a Vauxhall Astra and a Saab 9-3 were involved in a crash on the B3372 in the South Hams at 10:30 on Wednesday 18 May 2016. The 80-year-old male driver of the Rover 75 was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 May 2016
- Wednesday, 10:30
- Vehicles
- 3
- Rover 75 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.42318, longitude -3.8306, in the TQ10 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2016500072359
- 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
- 3372
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 19 January 2018.
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 19 January 2018
At the same spotRef 2018500262315
Serious
Rover 25 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 25 March 2006
4 m awayRef 200650F52D500
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the B3372 in the South Hams, 2 July 1994
58 m awayRef 199450F521545
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on the B3372 in the South Hams, 18 September 1993
84 m awayRef 199350F522496
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 29 March 1980
98 m awayRef 198050G460231
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3372 in the South Hams, 17 May 1996
106 m awayRef 199650F521017
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Rover 75
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
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 80 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Vehicle 3: Saab 9-3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Engine capacity
- 1,998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 75)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
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 2016500072359 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 2016.