A374 crash in Plymouth on 12 December 2011 at 10:38 involving a Honda Civic
A Honda Civic, a Chevrolet Lacetti and a car were involved in a crash on the A374 in Plymouth at 10:38 on Monday 12 December 2011. The 24-year-old female driver of the Honda Civic, the 76-year-old male driver of the Chevrolet Lacetti and the 59-year-old male driver of the car were slightly injured.
It happened after dark with unlit street lights in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 12 Dec 2011
- Monday, 10:38
- Vehicles
- 3
- Honda Civic and 2 others
- Casualties
- 3
- 3 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.3723, longitude -4.13695, in the PL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the St Peter and the Waterfront, Plymouth, PL1 1LU area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201150EC2E113
- 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
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 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
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights unlit
- Weather
- Fine, 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 25 May 2002.
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the A374 in Plymouth, 25 May 2002
At the same spotRef 200250E311226
Slight
Derbi Senda crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 17 March 2006
At the same spotRef 200650E31D245
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the A374 in Plymouth, 10 December 2025
3 m awayRef 2025501680890
Slight
Vauxhall Zafira crash on the A374 in Plymouth, 10 September 2016
5 m awayRef 2016500127957
Slight
Peugeot 206 crash on the A374 in Plymouth, 7 January 2020
9 m awayRef 2020500932760
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A374 in Plymouth, 2 April 2000
10 m awayRef 200050E310819
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Honda Civic
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
- 24 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,799 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Lacetti
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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 76 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,399 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Vehicle 3: 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
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 59 years
Casualties (3)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Civic)
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 76, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chevrolet Lacetti)
Casualty 3: Driver
SlightMale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Car)
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 201150EC2E113 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 2011.