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A379 crash in Plymouth on 30 September 1997 at 09:05 involving a Honda NE50M motorcycle

A Honda NE50M motorcycle and a car were involved in a crash on the A379 in Plymouth at 09:05 on Tuesday 30 September 1997. The 64-year-old female rider of the Honda NE50M motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Sep 1997
Tuesday, 09:05
Vehicles
2
Honda NE50M and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36935, longitude -4.11017, 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
199750E312363
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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 10 February 2001.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda NE50M

    Motorcycle 50cc and under

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    64 years
    Engine capacity
    49 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Female, aged 64, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Honda NE50M)

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 199750E312363 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.