Unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL2 on 18 August 2015 at 19:28 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A Vauxhall Vivaro van and a Chevrolet Matiz were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 19:28 on Tuesday 18 August 2015. The 19-year-old female driver of the Chevrolet Matiz was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 18 Aug 2015
- Tuesday, 19:28
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Vivaro and Chevrolet Matiz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39577, longitude -4.14412, 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 3SP area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201550ED2G007
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 26 March 2016.
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 26 March 2016
2 m awayRef 2016500067472
Serious
Bicycle crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 21 November 2023
2 m awayRef 2023501381193
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 29 December 1999
3 m awayRef 199950E213422
Slight
Ford Escort crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 24 October 1998
3 m awayRef 199850E212483
Slight
Car crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 5 February 1987
3 m awayRef 198750E210223
Serious
Car crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 20 June 1988
3 m awayRef 198850E211111
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 1 year
Vehicle 2: Chevrolet Matiz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Slowing or stopping
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Chevrolet Matiz)
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 201550ED2G007 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 2015.