A381 crash in the South Hams on 5 July 2019 at 16:20 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Toyota Avensis were involved in a crash on the A381 in the South Hams at 16:20 on Friday 5 July 2019. A 30-year-old female passenger in the Toyota Avensis was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Jul 2019
- Friday, 16:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Toyota Avensis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.34383, longitude -3.73443, in the TQ9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2019500866503
- 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
- T or staggered junction
- 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, 113 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2008.
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 11 January 2008
113 m awayRef 200850F55A222
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 1 December 1996
178 m awayRef 199650F552490
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 11 July 1992
185 m awayRef 199250F521152
Slight
Vauxhall Omega crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 7 June 2001
275 m awayRef 200150F553429
Slight
HGV crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 14 January 2001
275 m awayRef 200150F550277
Serious
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 29 April 1982
290 m awayRef 198250G480348
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 973 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 17 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Toyota Avensis
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 30, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Avensis)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2019500866503 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.