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Serious A374 crash in Plymouth on 9 October 2007 at 07:53 involving a Saab 900

A Saab 900 hit a pedestrian on the A374 in Plymouth at 07:53 on Tuesday 9 October 2007. A 42-year-old male pedestrian was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 40 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
9 Oct 2007
Tuesday, 07:53
Vehicles
1
Saab 900
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39009, longitude -4.08837, in the PL3 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plympton Erle, Plymouth, PL7 4NW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200750E31L877
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
374
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 6 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 29 May 2015.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 900

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,985 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Male, aged 42, hit by vehicle 1 (Saab 900)

    Pedestrian location
    In carriageway, crossing elsewhere
    Pedestrian movement
    Crossing from driver's offside

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 200750E31L877 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.