Unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL1 on 22 February 2016 at 16:52 involving a Vauxhall Corsa
A Vauxhall Corsa and a Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 16:52 on Monday 22 February 2016. The 17-year-old male rider of the Yamaha YZF R125 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Feb 2016
- Monday, 16:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Corsa and Yamaha YZF R125
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37254, longitude -4.16706, in the PL1 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke, Plymouth, PL1 5QR area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 201650ED2N005
- 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
- Raining, 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
- 3%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 97%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a serious injury crash on 20 September 1993.
Serious
Car crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 20 September 1993
1 m awayRef 199350E412676
Slight
Van crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 24 October 1982
1 m awayRef 198250E421451
Slight
Suzuki crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 9 February 1993
1 m awayRef 199350E410353
Fatal
Mercedes C Class crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 20 May 2025
2 m awayRef 2025501592468
Serious
Vauxhall Vivaro crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 27 September 2016
3 m awayRef 2016500118724
Slight
Honda Civic crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 25 January 2017
4 m awayRef 2017500152114
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning left
- Travelling from
- East
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Entering main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,196 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 21 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha YZF R125
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South 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
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 6 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 17, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha YZF R125)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
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 201650ED2N005 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 2016.