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Serious A38 crash in Plymouth on 5 May 1995 at 03:00 involving a car

A car hit a pedestrian on the A38 in Plymouth at 03:00 on Friday 5 May 1995. A 17-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened after dark in fine but windy weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 May 1995
Friday, 03:00
Vehicles
1
Car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41194, longitude -4.17583, in the PL5 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550E211065
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
38

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, lighting unknown
Weather
Fine with high winds
Road surface
Dry
Carriageway hazards
Any animal in carriageway (except ridden horse)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 April 2007.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver age
    21 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 17, hit by vehicle 1 (Car)

    Pedestrian movement
    Walking along in carriageway, back to traffic

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 199550E211065 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.