Serious A381 crash in the South Hams on 24 May 2019 at 17:40 involving a Citroen C1
A Citroen C1 and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A381 in the South Hams at 17:40 on Friday 24 May 2019. The 32-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 24 May 2019
- Friday, 17:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C1 and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.24216, longitude -3.78616, in the TQ8 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500847072
- 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
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 18 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 5 February 2014.
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 5 February 2014
18 m awayRef 201450JK2G002
Slight
Ford Transit crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 29 May 2006
62 m awayRef 200650F54G376
Serious
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 23 March 1987
90 m awayRef 198750F540456
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 3 June 1982
143 m awayRef 198250G480453
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 23 February 1999
153 m awayRef 199950F541147
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 10 April 1981
184 m awayRef 198150G480246
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C1
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Did not impact
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- 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
- 32 years
- Engine capacity
- 689 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 32, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% 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 2019500847072 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 2019.