Serious A381 crash in the South Hams on 26 June 2021 at 13:54 involving a Ford Kuga
A Ford Kuga and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A381 in the South Hams at 13:54 on Saturday 26 June 2021. The 21-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, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Jun 2021
- Saturday, 13:54
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Kuga and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3859, longitude -3.70839, in the TQ9 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021501066102
- 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
- Serious injury band
- Very 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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 December 1995.
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 15 December 1995
5 m awayRef 199550F552497
Slight
Van crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 21 August 2005
9 m awayRef 200550F51K781
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 20 June 1993
13 m awayRef 199350F511424
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 20 February 2000
23 m awayRef 200050F510626
Serious
Citroen Xsara crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 26 February 2013
26 m awayRef 201350JK2M002
Slight
Car crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 17 June 1985
87 m awayRef 198550F511059
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Kuga
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 125cc to 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 300 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 21, motorcyclist (125cc to 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- 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 2021501066102 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 2021.