C road crash in Plymouth PL7 on 8 September 1985 at 16:00 involving a car
Two cars were involved in a crash on a C road in Plymouth at 16:00 on Sunday 8 September 1985. The 34-year-old female driver of vehicle 2 and a 5-year-old female passenger in vehicle 2 were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Sep 1985
- Sunday, 16:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Car and another
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38523, longitude -4.07205, in the PL7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 198550E511725
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- C
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- 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
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Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 45 years
Vehicle 2: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 34 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 34, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)
- Car passenger
- Rear 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 198550E511725 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 1985.