B3396 crash in Plymouth on 27 January 2012 at 14:40 involving a Triumph Sprint ST motorcycle
A Triumph Sprint ST motorcycle and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the B3396 in Plymouth at 14:40 on Friday 27 January 2012. The 22-year-old male rider of the Triumph Sprint ST motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 27 Jan 2012
- Friday, 14:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Triumph Sprint ST and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37843, longitude -4.17757, in the PL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Devonport, Plymouth, PL1 4FN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201250ED2M001
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3396
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- Junction control
- Give way or uncontrolled
- Second road class
- Unclassified
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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2012.
Slight
Kia Picanto crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 6 March 2012
2 m awayRef 201250ED2M004
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 12 January 2016
3 m awayRef 201650ED2M001
Serious
Audi Q7 crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 5 November 2025
4 m awayRef 2025501664604
Slight
Honda CG125B crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 31 July 1991
4 m awayRef 199150E411640
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A3042 in Plymouth, 14 October 1982
6 m awayRef 198250E421393
Serious
Car crash on the A3042 in Plymouth, 20 December 1983
6 m awayRef 198350E412674
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Triumph Sprint ST
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Overtaking on nearside (passenger side, nearest the kerb)
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 955 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Entering from slip road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 47 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,461 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 22, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 1 (Triumph Sprint ST)
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 201250ED2M001 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.