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A386 crash in Plymouth on 6 January 1995 at 09:00 involving a Ford Escort

Two Ford Escorts, a Fiat Cinquecento and a Ford Mondeo were involved in a crash on the A386 in Plymouth at 09:00 on Friday 6 January 1995. The 27-year-old female driver of the Fiat Cinquecento and a 32-year-old female passenger in the Ford Mondeo were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
6 Jan 1995
Friday, 09:00
Vehicles
4
Ford Escort and 3 others
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39738, longitude -4.14111, 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
199550E210031
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
386
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)

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 12 December 1998.

Vehicles involved (4)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    42 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Fiat Cinquecento

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    899 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Mondeo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    30 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 4: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    34 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Fiat Cinquecento)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 32, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Ford Mondeo)

    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 199550E210031 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 1995.