B3416 crash in the South Hams on 19 May 2025 at 13:43 involving a Vauxhall Insignia
Four vehicles, including a Vauxhall Insignia and a Toyota Yaris, were involved in a crash on the B3416 in the South Hams at 13:43 on Monday 19 May 2025. All five casualties were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 19 May 2025
- Monday, 13:43
- Vehicles
- 4
- Vauxhall Insignia and 3 others
- Casualties
- 5
- 5 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38193, longitude -4.02522, in the PL7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plympton Erle, Plymouth, PL7 1QJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501592005
- Council area
- South Hams
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
- Highway authority
- Devon
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3416
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- 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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 September 2013.
Slight
Renault Megane crash on the B3416 in the South Hams, 17 September 2013
1 m awayRef 201350JI4M014
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 3 December 2009
9 m awayRef 200950EP2B015
Slight
Vauxhall Nova crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 9 February 2001
9 m awayRef 200150E510342
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 16 January 2008
11 m awayRef 200850E51A385
Serious
Ford Mondeo crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 6 November 1997
13 m awayRef 199750E512716
Slight
Ford Transit Custom crash on the B3416 in the South Hams, 27 February 2024
18 m awayRef 2024501414803
Vehicles involved (4)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Insignia
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 69 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,956 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Toyota Yaris
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 44 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,364 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 3: Mercedes C Class
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 63 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,950 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 4: Renault Kadjar
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (5)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 4 (Renault Kadjar)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 44, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Toyota Yaris)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Mercedes C Class)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 4: Driver
SlightMale, aged 69, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 5: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 68, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Insignia)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2025501592005 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.