A3121 crash in the South Hams on 11 August 2017 at 07:00 involving a Suzuki Jimny
A Suzuki Jimny crashed on the A3121 in the South Hams at 07:00 on Friday 11 August 2017. The 18-year-old male driver 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
- 11 Aug 2017
- Friday, 07:00
- Vehicles
- 1
- Suzuki Jimny
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37147, longitude -3.88655, 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
- 2017500218596
- 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
- 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, 221 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 July 2014.
Slight
Peugeot 306 crash on the A3121 in the South Hams, 21 July 2014
221 m awayRef 201450JS2K015
Slight
Dennis crash on the B3121 in the South Hams, 7 September 2004
261 m awayRef 200450E53M468
Slight
Car crash on the B3210 in the South Hams, 26 November 1984
283 m awayRef 198450E532522
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the A3121 in the South Hams, 31 May 2004
291 m awayRef 200450E53G914
Slight
Jeep Renegade crash on the A3121 in the South Hams, 1 July 2025
368 m awayRef 2025501610240
Slight
Honda crash on the A3121 in the South Hams, 10 May 2006
465 m awayRef 200650E53F519
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Suzuki Jimny
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded and overturned
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,328 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Jimny)
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 2017500218596 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.