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Unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL6 on 17 December 1996 at 21:53 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 and a Citroen AX were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 21:53 on Tuesday 17 December 1996. A 22-year-old female passenger in the Citroen AX and the 28-year-old female driver of the Citroen AX were slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
17 Dec 1996
Tuesday, 21:53
Vehicles
2
Renault 5 and Citroen AX
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.41046, longitude -4.09469, in the PL6 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
199650E213085
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 30 July 2013.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen AX

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    28 years
    Engine capacity
    954 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 22, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen AX)

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 199650E213085 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 1996.