A3122 crash in the South Hams on 1 June 2022 at 12:39 involving a Citroen C3
A Citroen C3 and a Land Rover Freelander were involved in a crash on the A3122 in the South Hams at 12:39 on Wednesday 1 June 2022. The 75-year-old male driver of the Citroen C3, the 70-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Freelander and a 74-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Freelander were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 1 Jun 2022
- Wednesday, 12:39
- Vehicles
- 2
- Citroen C3 and Land Rover Freelander
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35594, longitude -3.65148, 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
- 2022501190070
- 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
- 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, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 24 September 2019.
Slight
Fiat 500 crash on the A3122 in the South Hams, 24 September 2019
9 m awayRef 2019500888221
Slight
Volkswagen UP crash on the A3122 in the South Hams, 25 January 2018
15 m awayRef 2018500265426
Slight
Sym Jet crash on the A3122 in the South Hams, 20 September 2025
17 m awayRef 2025501645703
Slight
Subaru Legacy crash on the A3122 in the South Hams, 3 December 1994
22 m awayRef 199450F532726
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A3122 in the South Hams, 30 July 2015
40 m awayRef 201550JH2D003
Slight
Honda crash on the A3122 in the South Hams, 8 May 1999
52 m awayRef 199950F532587
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Citroen C3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 75 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Freelander
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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 75, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen C3)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 74, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- 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 2022501190070 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 2022.