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Fatal C road crash in Plymouth PL3 on 11 February 1999 at 03:00 involving a Vauxhall Combo

A Vauxhall Combo crashed on a C road in Plymouth at 03:00 on Thursday 11 February 1999. The 39-year-old male driver was killed.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
11 Feb 1999
Thursday, 03:00
Vehicles
1
Vauxhall Combo
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37947, longitude -4.16273, 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
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199950E410286
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
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 20 March 1987.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Combo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Hit object in carriageway
    Bollard or refuge
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Fatal

    Male, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Combo)

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 199950E410286 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 1999.