Serious unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL2 on 17 June 2013 at 20:19 involving a Piaggio NRG motorcycle
A Piaggio NRG motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 20:19 on Monday 17 June 2013. The 19-year-old male rider of the Piaggio NRG motorcycle was seriously injured and a 67-year-old female passenger in the Ford Fiesta was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 17 Jun 2013
- Monday, 20:19
- Vehicles
- 2
- Piaggio NRG and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39241, longitude -4.1672, 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
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201350ED2J008
- 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
- 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
- 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, 28 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 April 1979.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 13 April 1979
28 m awayRef 197950E420514
Slight
Nissan Bluebird crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 2 November 1993
51 m awayRef 199350E413127
Serious
Car crash on a C road in Plymouth, 26 April 1979
55 m awayRef 197950E420576
Slight
Car crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 18 May 2008
62 m awayRef 200850ED2J003
Slight
Vauxhall Vectra crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 8 January 2016
65 m awayRef 201650ED2J001
Serious
Scooter crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 18 August 1982
66 m awayRef 198250E421130
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Piaggio NRG
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 71 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 4 years
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Rider
SeriousMale, aged 19, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Piaggio NRG)
Casualty 2: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 67, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Car passenger
- Rear seat passenger
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 201350ED2J008 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.