Serious A381 crash in the South Hams on 12 February 2023 at 16:10 involving a Daihatsu Terios
A Daihatsu Terios hit a pedestrian on the A381 in the South Hams at 16:10 on Sunday 12 February 2023. A 33-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 12 Feb 2023
- Sunday, 16:10
- Vehicles
- 1
- Daihatsu Terios
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.43348, longitude -3.68309, in the TQ9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Totnes. It is one of the crashes that make up the Totnes, South Hams, TQ9 5QF area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2023501275384
- 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
- 30 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
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, 6 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 27 July 2022.
Serious
Audi A4 crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 27 July 2022
6 m awayRef 2022501203845
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 30 May 2020
20 m awayRef 2020500955985
Slight
Car crash on the A385 in the South Hams, 16 November 1989
35 m awayRef 198950F512302
Slight
Seat Cordoba crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 25 August 2005
45 m awayRef 200550F51K896
Slight
Ford Escort crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 6 June 2006
45 m awayRef 200650F51G661
Slight
Volvo V40 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 14 April 2008
45 m awayRef 200850F51D253
Vehicles involved (1)
Vehicle 1: Daihatsu Terios
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,495 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 15 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Pedestrian
SeriousMale, aged 33, hit by vehicle 1 (Daihatsu Terios)
- Pedestrian location
- On footway or verge
- Serious injury band
- Very serious
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2023501275384 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 2023.