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Serious A374 crash in Plymouth on 12 May 1986 at 15:50 involving a lorry

A lorry and a bicycle were involved in a crash on the A374 in Plymouth at 15:50 on Monday 12 May 1986. The 13-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a private drive or entrance.

Severity
Serious
Date
12 May 1986
Monday, 15:50
Vehicles
2
Lorry and bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37122, longitude -4.13107, in the PL4 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
198650E310887
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
374
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 28 November 2014.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Lorry

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    37 years

  • Vehicle 2: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    13 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 13, on vehicle 2 (Bicycle)

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 198650E310887 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 1986.