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Serious unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL4 on 5 June 2012 at 14:25 involving a Mercedes A Class

A Mercedes A Class and a car were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 14:25 on Tuesday 5 June 2012. A 21-year-old female pedestrian hit by the Mercedes A Class was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
5 Jun 2012
Tuesday, 14:25
Vehicles
2
Mercedes A Class and car
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37738, longitude -4.13896, 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
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201250EC2H013
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
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
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
100%
Estimated chance it was slight
0%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 13 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 8 August 1988.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Mercedes A Class

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    1,397 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    Lane or location
    Footway (pavement)
    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
    20 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Pedestrian

    Serious

    Female, aged 21, hit by vehicle 1 (Mercedes A Class)

    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 201250EC2H013 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 2012.