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C road crash in Plymouth PL2 on 15 August 1993 at 17:01 involving a Ford Sierra taxi

A Ford Sierra taxi and a Citroen Visa were involved in a crash on a C road in Plymouth at 17:01 on Sunday 15 August 1993. A 47-year-old female passenger in the Citroen Visa was slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
15 Aug 1993
Sunday, 17:01
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Citroen Visa
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39518, longitude -4.16802, in the PL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199350E412304
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Stop sign
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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 July 1990.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Taxi

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Visa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    45 years
    Engine capacity
    1,124 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Visa)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199350E412304 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 1993.