B3396 crash in Plymouth on 21 May 2001 at 18:30 involving a Ford Escort
A Ford Escort and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the B3396 in Plymouth at 18:30 on Monday 21 May 2001. A 16-year-old female passenger in the Renault Megane and the 31-year-old female driver of the Ford Escort were 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
- 21 May 2001
- Monday, 18:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Escort and Renault Megane
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38223, longitude -4.16426, in the PL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke, Plymouth, PL2 3BD area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200150E411119
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3396
- 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 September 2001.
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 25 September 2001
10 m awayRef 200150E412137
Slight
Mercedes A Class crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 9 March 2009
14 m awayRef 200950ED2N024
Slight
Toyota RAV4 crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 22 May 2016
19 m awayRef 2016500073266
Slight
Toyota Corolla crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 15 February 1993
20 m awayRef 199350E410415
Slight
Car crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 18 July 1984
20 m awayRef 198450E411434
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 15 May 1997
20 m awayRef 199750E411170
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Escort
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 31 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,297 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 16, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault Megane)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 31, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Ford Escort)
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 200150E411119 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 2001.