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Serious C road crash in Plymouth PL9 on 5 January 1986 at 15:28 involving a motorcycle

A motorcycle hit two pedestrians on a C road in Plymouth at 15:28 on Sunday 5 January 1986. The 18-year-old male rider, a 59-year-old male pedestrian and a 54-year-old female pedestrian were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jan 1986
Sunday, 15:28
Vehicles
1
Motorcycle
Casualties
3
3 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35335, longitude -4.11438, in the PL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth.

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
198650E520011
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Dual 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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 23 November 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Kerb
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

  • Casualty 2: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 59, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

  • Casualty 3: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 54, hit by vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's nearside

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 198650E520011 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.