A38 crash in the South Hams on 28 November 2017 at 07:20 involving a Kia Venga
A Kia Venga and a Vauxhall Insignia were involved in a crash on the A38 in the South Hams at 07:20 on Tuesday 28 November 2017. The 43-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Insignia was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 28 Nov 2017
- Tuesday, 07:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Kia Venga and Vauxhall Insignia
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39373, longitude -3.87627, in the PL21 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ermington & Ugborough, South Hams, PL21 0EP 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
- 2017500247391
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
- 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
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 8 July 1998.
Slight
Rover 200 Series crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 8 July 1998
28 m awayRef 199850E531522
Fatal
Car crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 8 June 1985
34 m awayRef 198550F521000
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 2 December 2008
35 m awayRef 200850JS2K021
Slight
Car crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 9 January 2005
52 m awayRef 200550F52A298
Serious
Volkswagen Passat crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 5 July 2022
57 m awayRef 2022501196071
Slight
Honda CRV crash on the A38 in the South Hams, 9 March 2015
66 m awayRef 201550JI2G006
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Kia Venga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,582 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Insignia)
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 2017500247391 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.