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Fatal A381 crash in the South Hams on 9 June 2019 at 05:50 involving a Rover 25

A Rover 25 crashed on the A381 in the South Hams at 05:50 on Sunday 9 June 2019. The 30-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
9 Jun 2019
Sunday, 05:50
Vehicles
1
Rover 25
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.28251, longitude -3.8097, in the TQ7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2019500847429
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

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 69 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 26 July 1993.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Rover 25

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% least deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Rover 25)

    Home area deprivation
    40 to 50% 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 2019500847429 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.