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Unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL3 on 30 October 2008 at 15:29 involving an Audi A4

An Audi A4 and a Citroen Xsara were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 15:29 on Thursday 30 October 2008. The 40-year-old male driver of the Citroen Xsara was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction with more than four arms.

Severity
Slight
Date
30 Oct 2008
Thursday, 15:29
Vehicles
2
Audi A4 and Citroen Xsara
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38532, longitude -4.15751, in the PL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke, Plymouth, PL2 3BD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
200850ED2N048
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Junction with more than four arms (not roundabout)
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
Pedestrian phase at traffic signal

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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 15 April 1991.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Audi A4

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,896 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Citroen Xsara

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Moving off
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    Position at junction
    Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Journey as part of work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    40 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 40, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Citroen Xsara)

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 200850ED2N048 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 2008.