A379 crash in the South Hams on 19 June 2018 at 13:35 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz hit a pedestrian on the A379 in the South Hams at 13:35 on Tuesday 19 June 2018. A 56-year-old male pedestrian was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 Jun 2018
- Tuesday, 13:35
- Vehicles
- 1
- Honda Jazz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34917, longitude -3.88812, 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
- 2018500307658
- 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
- 379
- 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
- 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, 16 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 March 1997.
Slight
Land Rover 88 crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 12 March 1997
16 m awayRef 199750F550580
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 21 September 1985
16 m awayRef 198550F551866
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 3 October 2010
25 m awayRef 201050JK2B008
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 9 November 2006
26 m awayRef 200650E53O308
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 16 June 1985
26 m awayRef 198550F551056
Slight
Van crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 22 September 1988
30 m awayRef 198850F551846
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SlightMale, aged 56, hit by vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Pedestrian movement
- In carriageway, stationary, not crossing (standing or playing)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
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 2018500307658 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 2018.