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Serious unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL7 on 26 November 2000 at 05:30 involving a Renault 5

A Renault 5 crashed on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 05:30 on Sunday 26 November 2000. The 52-year-old male driver was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
26 Nov 2000
Sunday, 05:30
Vehicles
1
Renault 5
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39408, longitude -4.08137, in the PL7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200050E513147
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

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

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 72 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2020.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Renault 5

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    52 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 52, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Renault 5)

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 200050E513147 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 2000.