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Serious A38 crash in Plymouth on 22 March 1990 at 21:45 involving an Austin Allegro

An Austin Allegro and a Suzuki motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A38 in Plymouth at 21:45 on Thursday 22 March 1990. A 19-year-old male passenger on the Suzuki motorcycle was seriously injured and the 20-year-old male rider of the Suzuki motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
22 Mar 1990
Thursday, 21:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Allegro and Suzuki
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39093, longitude -4.08566, in the PL6 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050E210537
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
38

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Footbridge or subway

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
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 19 January 2008.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Allegro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    38 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,074 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Suzuki)

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 199050E210537 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 1990.