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A386 crash in Plymouth on 3 October 1996 at 10:00 involving a Volkswagen Jetta

A Volkswagen Jetta and a car were involved in a crash on the A386 in Plymouth at 10:00 on Thursday 3 October 1996. The 35-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Jetta and a 59-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Jetta were slightly injured.

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

Severity
Slight
Date
3 Oct 1996
Thursday, 10:00
Vehicles
2
Volkswagen Jetta and car
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3853, longitude -4.1573, in the PL3 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
199650E412385
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
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
B
Second road number
3396

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 September 2004.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Jetta

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,595 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

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

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 35, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Jetta)

    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 199650E412385 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.