A379 crash in Plymouth on 14 November 1998 at 11:05 involving a Ford Sierra
A Ford Sierra and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A379 in Plymouth at 11:05 on Saturday 14 November 1998. The 54-year-old male driver of the Ford Sierra was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Nov 1998
- Saturday, 11:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Sierra and Ford Escort
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3616, longitude -4.06596, 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
- 199850E522698
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 379
- Road type
- Single 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
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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 20 May 1988.
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Plymouth, 20 May 1988
At the same spotRef 198850E520939
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Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A379 in Plymouth, 8 October 2000
At the same spotRef 200050E522651
Slight
Car crash on the A379 in Plymouth, 27 July 1987
At the same spotRef 198750E521330
Slight
Vauxhall Viva crash on the A379 in Plymouth, 28 November 1991
At the same spotRef 199150E522691
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4 m awayRef 201550EK2C020
Slight
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5 m awayRef 2022501189698
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,753 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 25 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,597 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (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 199850E522698 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 1998.