A3122 crash in the South Hams on 2 November 2020 at 13:32 involving a Nissan Cabstar van
A lorry and a Nissan Cabstar van were involved in a crash on the A3122 in the South Hams at 13:32 on Monday 2 November 2020. The 59-year-old male driver of the Nissan Cabstar van was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Nov 2020
- Monday, 13:32
- Vehicles
- 2
- Lorry and Nissan Cabstar
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3486, longitude -3.61578, in the TQ6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020501004965
- 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
- 3122
- 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
- Raining with high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 April 2000.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3122 in the South Hams, 11 April 2000
4 m awayRef 200050F531004
Slight
Car crash on the B3207 in the South Hams, 2 September 1985
4 m awayRef 198550F531742
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A3122 in the South Hams, 11 August 2000
4 m awayRef 200050F534203
Serious
Van crash on the B3207 in the South Hams, 8 December 1986
9 m awayRef 198650F532133
Slight
Ford Mondeo crash on the A3122 in the South Hams, 12 March 2014
10 m awayRef 201450JH2E002
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the B3207 in the South Hams, 7 August 1980
13 m awayRef 198050G490675
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Lorry
Goods vehicle 3.5 to 7.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
Vehicle 2: Nissan Cabstar
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,664 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Cabstar)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most 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 2020501004965 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 2020.