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C road crash in Plymouth PL9 on 16 October 1997 at 10:42 involving a Vauxhall Chevette

A Vauxhall Chevette and a Vauxhall Astravan were involved in a crash on a C road in Plymouth at 10:42 on Thursday 16 October 1997. An 81-year-old female passenger in the Vauxhall Chevette, the 83-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Chevette and the 28-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Astravan were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
16 Oct 1997
Thursday, 10:42
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Chevette and Vauxhall Astravan
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36012, longitude -4.08839, in the PL9 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
199750E522534
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
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
Zebra crossing

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 2000.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Chevette

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    83 years
    Engine capacity
    1,256 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    17 years

  • Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Astravan

    Car

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

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 81, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 83, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Chevette)

  • Casualty 3: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 28, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Astravan)

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 199750E522534 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.