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Serious A386 crash in Plymouth on 31 March 2012 at 05:50 involving a bicycle

A bicycle crashed on the A386 in Plymouth at 05:50 on Saturday 31 March 2012. The 49-year-old male cyclist was seriously injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Mar 2012
Saturday, 05:50
Vehicles
1
Bicycle
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40962, longitude -4.1327, in the PL6 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Budshead, Plymouth, PL6 5FE area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201250EL2H003
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
386
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Other 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
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, 8 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 12 June 2021.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Bicycle

    Pedal cycle

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Cleared junction or waiting or parked at junction exit
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    49 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Cyclist

    Serious

    Male, aged 49, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)

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 201250EL2H003 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.