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C road crash in Plymouth PL4 on 8 August 1995 at 01:40 involving a BMW 3 Series

A BMW 3 Series and a Carbodies Taxi were involved in a crash on a C road in Plymouth at 01:40 on Tuesday 8 August 1995. A 20-year-old female passenger in the Carbodies Taxi was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Aug 1995
Tuesday, 01:40
Vehicles
2
BMW 3 Series and Carbodies Taxi
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37658, longitude -4.14242, in the PL4 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
199550E311883
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

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
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 3 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    2,494 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Carbodies Taxi

    Taxi

    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
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    2,495 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 20, taxi occupant, in vehicle 2 (Carbodies Taxi)

    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 199550E311883 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.