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Serious A379 crash in Plymouth on 21 October 1981 at 11:40 involving a car

A car and a bus or coach were involved in a crash on the A379 in Plymouth at 11:40 on Wednesday 21 October 1981. The 63-year-old male driver of the car and a 65-year-old female passenger in the car were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
21 Oct 1981
Wednesday, 11:40
Vehicles
2
Car and bus or coach
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36996, longitude -4.11132, in the PL4 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198150E351329
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Using private drive or entrance
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Central refuge, no other controls

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 10 January 1987.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bus or coach

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 63, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 65, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

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 198150E351329 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Plymouth road accident statistics for 1981.