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Serious A379 crash in Plymouth on 13 August 1993 at 19:40 involving a Suzuki motorcycle

A Suzuki motorcycle crashed on the A379 in Plymouth at 19:40 on Friday 13 August 1993. A 21-year-old female passenger and the 34-year-old male rider were seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry road, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
13 Aug 1993
Friday, 19:40
Vehicles
1
Suzuki
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.35094, longitude -3.95937, in the PL8 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199350E522394
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

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, 68 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 February 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki

    Motorcycle

    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,127 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (Suzuki)

  • Casualty 2: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 34, motorcyclist, on vehicle 1 (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 199350E522394 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.