Unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL5 on 16 September 2017 at 18:00 involving a Ford Fiesta
A Ford Fiesta and a Kawasaki motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 18:00 on Saturday 16 September 2017. The 35-year-old male rider of the Kawasaki motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 16 Sep 2017
- Saturday, 18:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Ford Fiesta and Kawasaki
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.40408, longitude -4.14473, in the PL5 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Honicknowle, Plymouth, PL5 3EN area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500225927
- 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
- Fine, 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, 7 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 May 1999.
Slight
Mercedes crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 1 May 1999
7 m awayRef 199950E210962
Serious
Scooter crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 31 December 1981
19 m awayRef 198150E401752
Slight
Volkswagen Tiguan crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 21 October 2025
27 m awayRef 2025501657058
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 17 March 2022
37 m awayRef 2022501173442
Slight
Ford Fiesta crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 17 August 1998
41 m awayRef 199850E211859
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 21 October 1991
62 m awayRef 199150E212424
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 22 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,999 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
Vehicle 2: Kawasaki
Motorcycle over 500cc
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- Skidding and overturning
- Skidded
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 35 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,052 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 24 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 35, motorcyclist (over 500cc), on vehicle 2 (Kawasaki)
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 2017500225927 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.