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B3416 crash in Plymouth on 28 February 1990 at 12:50 involving a Mazda 323

A Mazda 323 and a Volkswagen LT 35 van were involved in a crash on the B3416 in Plymouth at 12:50 on Wednesday 28 February 1990. The 71-year-old male driver of the Mazda 323 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in rain and high winds on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
28 Feb 1990
Wednesday, 12:50
Vehicles
2
Mazda 323 and Volkswagen LT 35
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39157, longitude -4.07993, in the PL7 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050E510406
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3416
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 26 July 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 323

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,296 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen LT 35

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    2,400 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    1 year

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 323)

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 199050E510406 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.