A381 crash in the South Hams on 15 November 2025 at 15:50 involving a Jaguar XK Series
A Jaguar XK Series and a Volkswagen Transporter were involved in a crash on the A381 in the South Hams at 15:50 on Saturday 15 November 2025. The 60-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Transporter and a 61-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Transporter were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Nov 2025
- Saturday, 15:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Jaguar XK Series and Volkswagen Transporter
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.448, longitude -3.67064, 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
- 2025501670197
- 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
- 60 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
- 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, 61 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 14 August 2023.
Slight
Yamaha YZF crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 14 August 2023
61 m awayRef 2023501341602
Slight
Saab 9000 crash on an unclassified road in the South Hams, 22 August 2006
70 m awayRef 200650F51K408
Slight
Renault Kangoo crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 4 July 2022
158 m awayRef 2022501218259
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 8 May 2016
168 m awayRef 2016500083417
Serious
Nissan Note crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 7 May 2016
168 m awayRef 2016500068798
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A381 in the South Hams, 30 September 2017
168 m awayRef 2017500231005
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Jaguar XK Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking moving vehicle on its offside
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 62 years
- Engine capacity
- 5,000 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% least deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Transporter
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
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 60 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,968 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 60, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Transporter)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 10 to 20 km
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Transporter)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least 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 2025501670197 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.