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A38 crash in Plymouth on 10 December 2015 at 20:55 involving a Skoda Fabia

A Skoda Fabia and a Nissan Qashqai were involved in a crash on the A38 in Plymouth at 20:55 on Thursday 10 December 2015. The 54-year-old female driver of the Nissan Qashqai was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Dec 2015
Thursday, 20:55
Vehicles
2
Skoda Fabia and Nissan Qashqai
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38549, longitude -4.07997, in the PL7 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Plympton Erle, Plymouth, PL7 4NW area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
201550EP2F030
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
Yes

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp
Special conditions at the site
Auto traffic signal, out
Carriageway hazards
Defective traffic signals

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
1%
Estimated chance it was slight
99%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 11 January 2019.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Skoda Fabia

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Nissan Qashqai

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Journey purpose
    Commuting to or from work
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    54 years
    Engine capacity
    1,461 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Nissan Qashqai)

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 201550EP2F030 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.