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Serious A3064 crash in Plymouth on 9 February 1996 at 06:40 involving a Ford Sierra

A Ford Sierra and a Honda SA50J motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A3064 in Plymouth at 06:40 on Friday 9 February 1996. The 60-year-old male rider of the Honda SA50J motorcycle was seriously injured.

It happened after dark with unlit street lights in the rain on a wet roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Feb 1996
Friday, 06:40
Vehicles
2
Ford Sierra and Honda SA50J
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38669, longitude -4.16032, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199650E410360
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3064
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 unlit
Weather
Raining, 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 29 April 1982.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    55 years
    Engine capacity
    1,597 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Honda SA50J

    Motorcycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    60 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Serious

    Male, aged 60, motorcyclist, on vehicle 2 (Honda SA50J)

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 199650E410360 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.