B3396 crash in Plymouth on 22 August 2003 at 15:58 involving a Ford Sierra
A motorcycle and a Ford Sierra were involved in a crash on the B3396 in Plymouth at 15:58 on Friday 22 August 2003. The 56-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Aug 2003
- Friday, 15:58
- Vehicles
- 2
- Motorcycle and Ford Sierra
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37829, longitude -4.17759, in the PL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Devonport, Plymouth, PL1 4FN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200350E41O538
- 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
- 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
- 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 31 May 2005.
Slight
Ford Puma crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 31 May 2005
At the same spotRef 200550E41G482
Slight
Datsun Sunny crash on the B3390 in Plymouth, 28 January 1993
At the same spotRef 199350E410252
Serious
Car crash on the A3042 in Plymouth, 20 December 1983
10 m awayRef 198350E412674
Slight
Rover 100 Series crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 9 September 1995
10 m awayRef 199550E412204
Serious
Suzuki GSX 1300 crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 19 October 2007
10 m awayRef 200750E41M939
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3042 in Plymouth, 14 October 1982
10 m awayRef 198250E421393
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Motorcycle
Motorcycle over 125cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 249 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Sierra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- West
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 29 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,769 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 56, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 1 (Motorcycle)
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 200350E41O538 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 2003.