Unclassified road crash in the South Hams PL9 on 5 April 2025 at 12:42 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Land Rover Range Rover Evoque were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 12:42 on Saturday 5 April 2025. A 13-year-old male passenger in the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and an 18-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 5 Apr 2025
- Saturday, 12:42
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36631, longitude -4.0507, in the PL9 postcode district.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501574101
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- 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
- 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, 26 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 July 2023.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 14 July 2023
26 m awayRef 2023501329509
Slight
Nissan X-Trail crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 21 June 2025
112 m awayRef 2025501605942
Serious
Mercedes E Class crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 10 December 2023
255 m awayRef 2023501401990
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 4 November 1981
260 m awayRef 198150G450959
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 11 January 2020
341 m awayRef 2020500930513
Slight
Aprilia RS 125 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 2 February 2013
344 m awayRef 201350JI3F003
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North 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
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 998 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Land Rover Range Rover Evoque
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 45 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Land Rover Range Rover Evoque)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
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 2025501574101 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 2025.