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Serious A38 crash in the South Hams on 1 January 2016 at 12:30 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series crashed on the A38 in the South Hams at 12:30 on Friday 1 January 2016. A 26-year-old male passenger was seriously injured and the 26-year-old male driver was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a flooded dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
1 Jan 2016
Friday, 12:30
Vehicles
1
BMW 3 Series
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45622, longitude -3.79091, in the TQ11 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the South Brent, South Hams, TQ11 0LY area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201650JA2E002
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
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Flood over 3cm deep

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 32 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 September 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    2,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 26, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (BMW 3 Series)

    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 201650JA2E002 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.