A386 crash in Plymouth on 2 August 2007 at 18:13 involving a Volkswagen Golf
A Volkswagen Golf, a Rover 600 Series and a Renault Megane were involved in a crash on the A386 in Plymouth at 18:13 on Thursday 2 August 2007. The 43-year-old female driver of the Rover 600 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 2 Aug 2007
- Thursday, 18:13
- Vehicles
- 3
- Volkswagen Golf and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.4144, longitude -4.1266, in the PL6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Budshead, Plymouth, PL6 5FE area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 200750E21J200
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 386
- Road type
- Single 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
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- Judged by the reporting police officer
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 June 2018.
Slight
Renault Kadjar crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 20 June 2018
10 m awayRef 2018500308846
Slight
Peugeot 106 crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 25 July 2013
12 m awayRef 201350EL2G022
Serious
Ford Sierra crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 26 July 1992
14 m awayRef 199250E211633
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 21 September 2005
20 m awayRef 200550E21M418
Slight
Kaisar KS 125 crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 10 January 2008
22 m awayRef 200850E21A278
Slight
Rover 400 Series crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 3 August 2009
22 m awayRef 200950EL2G016
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 3,200 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Rover 600 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 43 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 3: Renault Megane
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 65 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 43, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Rover 600 Series)
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 200750E21J200 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 2007.