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A379 crash in Plymouth on 18 June 1985 at 12:15 involving a car

A car and a van were involved in a crash on the A379 in Plymouth at 12:15 on Tuesday 18 June 1985. A 72-year-old female passenger in the car, the 71-year-old male driver of the car and the 40-year-old male driver of the van were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Jun 1985
Tuesday, 12:15
Vehicles
2
Car and van
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3678, longitude -4.10645, in the PL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198550E521277
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 June 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

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

  • Vehicle 2: Van

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 72, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, van occupant, in vehicle 2 (Van)

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 198550E521277 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.