Serious B3243 crash in Plymouth on 15 August 1992 at 12:06 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the B3243 in Plymouth at 12:06 on Saturday 15 August 1992. A 20-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort was seriously injured and a 19-year-old male passenger in the Ford Escort was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 15 Aug 1992
- Saturday, 12:06
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Golf and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37155, longitude -4.15176, in the PL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199250E311814
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3243
- Road type
- Single 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 21 September 1983.
Slight
Car crash on the B3243 in Plymouth, 21 September 1983
At the same spotRef 198350E311839
Slight
Car crash on the B3243 in Plymouth, 7 July 1987
At the same spotRef 198750E411219
Slight
Car crash on the B3243 in Plymouth, 28 September 1982
At the same spotRef 198250E351315
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 13 July 2020
At the same spotRef 2020500965663
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3243 in Plymouth, 8 July 1992
At the same spotRef 199250E311504
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the B3243 in Plymouth, 13 July 1992
At the same spotRef 199250E311544
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,600 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,296 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousMale, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightMale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 199250E311814 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 1992.