Unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL2 on 26 April 2013 at 17:05 involving a Geely XY 125 motorcycle
A Geely XY 125 motorcycle and a Citroen Berlingo van were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 17:05 on Friday 26 April 2013. The 18-year-old male rider of the Geely XY 125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 26 Apr 2013
- Friday, 17:05
- Vehicles
- 2
- Geely XY 125 and Citroen Berlingo
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39325, longitude -4.16657, in the PL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ham, Plymouth, PL2 2EP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201350ED2J007
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- 4%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 96%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 1986.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Plymouth, 22 December 1986
2 m awayRef 198650E412617
Serious
Motorcycle crash on a C road in Plymouth, 7 October 1981
2 m awayRef 198150E421259
Slight
Honda NS50MSB crash on a C road in Plymouth, 9 August 1990
2 m awayRef 199050E411603
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Plymouth, 31 January 1982
2 m awayRef 198250E420136
Slight
Renault Clio crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 11 January 2010
2 m awayRef 201050ED2J001
Slight
Car crash on a C road in Plymouth, 4 November 1989
2 m awayRef 198950E412206
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Geely XY 125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Overturned
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 120 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 0 years
Vehicle 2: Citroen Berlingo
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Changing lane to right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 30 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,868 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Geely XY 125)
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 201350ED2J007 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 2013.