A381 crash in the South Hams on 30 November 2017 at 16:15 involving a Smart Fortwo
A Smart Fortwo and a Honda CRV were involved in a crash on the A381 in the South Hams at 16:15 on Thursday 30 November 2017. The 46-year-old male driver of the Honda CRV was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 30 Nov 2017
- Thursday, 16:15
- Vehicles
- 2
- Smart Fortwo and Honda CRV
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.27643, longitude -3.80185, in the TQ7 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500249390
- 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
- 381
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 60 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- 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
- 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 June 2008.
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 6 June 2008
7 m awayRef 200850JK2V004
Slight
Mini Cooper crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 19 November 2004
8 m awayRef 200450F55Q659
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 22 August 1998
8 m awayRef 199850F555021
Serious
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 24 August 1989
8 m awayRef 198950F551667
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 25 November 2020
8 m awayRef 2020501015286
Slight
Skoda Felicia crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 12 August 1999
9 m awayRef 199950F551907
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Smart Fortwo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Honda CRV
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Honda CRV)
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 2017500249390 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.