Unclassified road crash in the South Hams TQ9 on 3 June 2025 at 10:00 involving an MG HS
An MG HS and a Vauxhall Meriva were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams at 10:00 on Tuesday 3 June 2025. The 31-year-old male driver of the MG HS, the 82-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Meriva and a 6-year-old male passenger in the MG HS were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 3 Jun 2025
- Tuesday, 10:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- MG HS and Vauxhall Meriva
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.45889, longitude -3.64367, 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
- 2025501598732
- 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
- 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
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2008.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 12 June 2008
11 m awayRef 200850JS2F002
Slight
Vehicle crash on an unclassified road in Teignbridge, 19 October 2006
67 m awayRef 200650F41M985
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 14 January 2009
74 m awayRef 200950JS2F001
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 6 December 1985
103 m awayRef 198550F512391
Slight
Citroen C15 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 26 November 1991
207 m awayRef 199150F512058
Slight
Car crash on a C road in the South Hams, 12 September 1980
218 m awayRef 198050G510758
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: MG HS
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,490 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Meriva
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- 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
- Male
- Driver age
- 82 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,686 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG HS)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 82, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Meriva)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 3: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 6, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (MG HS)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 10% 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 2025501598732 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.