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A38 crash in Plymouth on 14 October 2002 at 08:25 involving a Mercedes Sprinter

A Mercedes Sprinter and a Volvo 440 were involved in a crash on the A38 in Plymouth at 08:25 on Monday 14 October 2002. The 54-year-old male driver of the Volvo 440 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 70 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Oct 2002
Monday, 08:25
Vehicles
2
Mercedes Sprinter and Volvo 440
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40862, longitude -4.16687, in the PL5 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Honicknowle, Plymouth, PL5 2JU area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200250E212459
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

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
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 March 1992.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes Sprinter

    Car

    Towing and articulation
    Other tow
    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    2,874 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo 440

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside onto central reservation
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,870 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volvo 440)

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 200250E212459 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 2002.