B3416 crash in Plymouth on 9 January 2017 at 17:41 involving a Vauxhall Vivaro van
A Vauxhall Vivaro van, a Ford Fiesta and a Hyundai i10 were involved in a crash on the B3416 in Plymouth at 17:41 on Monday 9 January 2017. The 35-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Vivaro van and the 54-year-old female driver of the Ford Fiesta were slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 9 Jan 2017
- Monday, 17:41
- Vehicles
- 3
- Vauxhall Vivaro and 2 others
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39172, longitude -4.08037, in the PL7 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. 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
- 2017500145850
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3416
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
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
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 11 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 21 January 1987.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 21 January 1987
11 m awayRef 198750E510090
Slight
Car crash on the A374 in Plymouth, 26 February 1983
13 m awayRef 198350E510344
Slight
Car crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 6 December 1989
13 m awayRef 198950E512510
Slight
BMW 5 Series crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 21 March 1997
13 m awayRef 199750E510694
Serious
Car crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 4 May 1987
21 m awayRef 198750E520804
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 31 March 1997
21 m awayRef 199750E510776
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Vivaro
Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,870 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,242 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 11 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Vehicle 3: Hyundai i10
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 53 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,248 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 7 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% least deprived
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightMale, aged 35, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Vivaro)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% least deprived
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 54, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Fiesta)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% 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 2017500145850 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 2017.