A379 crash in the South Hams on 31 May 2025 at 08:20 involving a Land Rover Freelander
A Land Rover Freelander and an Alexander Dennis bus were involved in a crash on the A379 in the South Hams at 08:20 on Saturday 31 May 2025. The 46-year-old female driver of the Land Rover Freelander was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 20 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 May 2025
- Saturday, 08:20
- Vehicles
- 2
- Land Rover Freelander and Alexander Dennis
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.30617, longitude -3.63306, in the TQ6 postcode district.
Map of where the crash happened in the South Hams
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501598169
- 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
- 379
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 20 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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, 42 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 7 May 1989.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 7 May 1989
42 m awayRef 198950F530798
Serious
Car crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 24 July 1979
131 m awayRef 197950G490598
Slight
Vehicle crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 18 May 1992
137 m awayRef 199250F530772
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 22 February 1979
152 m awayRef 197950G490136
Slight
Scooter crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 6 August 1985
194 m awayRef 198550F531492
Slight
Yamaha crash on the A379 in the South Hams, 14 October 1996
197 m awayRef 199650F532110
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Land Rover Freelander
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 46 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,179 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Alexander Dennis
Bus or coach (17 or more seats)
- 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
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 70 years
- Engine capacity
- 4,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 20 to 100 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 46, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Land Rover Freelander)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 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 2025501598169 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.