Unclassified road crash in the South Hams PL7 on 18 July 2017 at 16:11 involving a Mitsubishi Shogun
A Mitsubishi Shogun and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 16:11 on Tuesday 18 July 2017. The 49-year-old male driver of the Mitsubishi Shogun and the 53-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Jul 2017
- Tuesday, 16:11
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mitsubishi Shogun and car
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45486, longitude -4.06885, in the PL7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500204004
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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, 38 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 1994.
Slight
Suzuki crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 26 March 1994
38 m awayRef 199450E530875
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 17 January 2013
50 m awayRef 201350EL2P001
Slight
Land Rover Defender crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 29 June 2008
64 m awayRef 200850JI4L004
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 26 October 1986
108 m awayRef 198650E512113
Serious
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 28 July 1981
133 m awayRef 198150E400946
Serious
Yamaha WR 125 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 1 May 2011
163 m awayRef 201150JI4L001
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mitsubishi Shogun
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 49 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 53 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 49, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mitsubishi Shogun)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 53, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
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 2017500204004 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 2017.