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Serious A386 crash in Plymouth on 5 December 1983 at 17:00 involving a car

Three cars were involved in a crash on the A386 in Plymouth at 17:00 on Monday 5 December 1983. The 45-year-old male driver of vehicle 2 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Dec 1983
Monday, 17:00
Vehicles
3
Car and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.42147, longitude -4.1177, in the PL6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198350E212497
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
386
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 7 July 2006.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    29 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years

  • Vehicle 3: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 45, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 198350E212497 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 1983.