B3416 crash in Plymouth on 20 April 2004 at 17:24 involving a Vauxhall Cavalier
A Vauxhall Cavalier, a Vauxhall Vectra and a car were involved in a crash on the B3416 in Plymouth at 17:24 on Tuesday 20 April 2004. The 38-year-old female driver of the car, the 40-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Vectra and the 23-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Cavalier were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 20 Apr 2004
- Tuesday, 17:24
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Cavalier and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38924, longitude -4.06019, in the PL7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plympton St Mary, Plymouth, PL7 2FR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200450E21F004
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3416
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 40 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
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 2007.
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 20 June 2007
At the same spotRef 200750E51K511
Slight
Bristol (BLMC) crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 26 August 2003
At the same spotRef 200350E51O691
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 5 July 2022
15 m awayRef 2022501195342
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 6 April 2025
17 m awayRef 2025501575088
Slight
Metrocab Metrocab crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 30 July 2002
20 m awayRef 200250E511448
Slight
Mercedes Gla Class crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 21 November 2025
22 m awayRef 2025501671973
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Cavalier
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,796 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Vectra
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 40 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,498 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Vehicle 3: Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Front
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 38 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 38, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Vectra)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 23, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Cavalier)
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 200450E21F004 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 2004.