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B3413 crash in Plymouth on 18 November 1997 at 17:30 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B3413 in Plymouth at 17:30 on Tuesday 18 November 1997. The 47-year-old female driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry one-way street or slip road with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
18 Nov 1997
Tuesday, 17:30
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and Ford Sierra
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40815, longitude -4.13259, 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
199750E212895
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
B
First road number
3413
Road type
One way street or slip road
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
B
Second road number
3413

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 15 January 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,275 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,993 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 47, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Sierra)

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 199750E212895 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 1997.