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Unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL2 on 9 November 2015 at 18:05 involving a Vauxhall Zafira

A Vauxhall Zafira and a Volkswagen Polo were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 18:05 on Monday 9 November 2015. The 20-year-old male driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
9 Nov 2015
Monday, 18:05
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Zafira and Volkswagen Polo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39117, longitude -4.16441, in the PL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke, Plymouth, PL2 3BD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201550ED2J016
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

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
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
Unclassified

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, 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
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 July 1986.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    North West
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    63 years
    Engine capacity
    1,796 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Polo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    Position at junction
    Entering main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    20 years
    Engine capacity
    1,390 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Polo)

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 201550ED2J016 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.