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A379 crash in Plymouth on 19 April 2003 at 12:20 involving a Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle

A car, a Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle and a Rover 200 Series were involved in a crash on the A379 in Plymouth at 12:20 on Saturday 19 April 2003. The 35-year-old male rider of the Suzuki GSX 1400 motorcycle was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
19 Apr 2003
Saturday, 12:20
Vehicles
3
Suzuki GSX 1400 and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36695, longitude -4.10451, in the PL9 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plymstock Radford, Plymouth, PL9 7JD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200350E52D653
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
379
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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 26 June 1997.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Did not impact

  • Vehicle 2: Suzuki GSX 1400

    Motorcycle over 125cc

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,402 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    14 years

  • Vehicle 3: Rover 200 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn right
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    58 years
    Engine capacity
    1,396 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Rider

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 125cc), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki GSX 1400)

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 200350E52D653 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.