Serious unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL4 on 4 November 2017 at 20:01 involving a Peugeot 206
A Peugeot 206, a Volkswagen Golf and a Peugeot Expert were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 20:01 on Saturday 4 November 2017. A 19-year-old female passenger in the Volkswagen Golf was seriously injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 4 Nov 2017
- Saturday, 20:01
- Vehicles
- 3
- Peugeot 206 and 2 others
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 seriously injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37481, longitude -4.13023, in the PL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Sutton and Mount Gould, Plymouth, PL4 9PX area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500237741
- 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
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- 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
- Dry
Enhanced collision data
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 100%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 0%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 17 December 2020.
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 17 December 2020
1 m awayRef 2020501015106
Slight
Citroen C4 crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 25 June 2021
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Slight
Car crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 24 July 2000
3 m awayRef 200050E211986
Slight
Vauxhall Cavalier crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 13 November 1999
3 m awayRef 199950E312878
Slight
Hyundai Santa Fe crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 20 April 2005
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Slight
Daewoo Espero crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 17 June 2000
3 m awayRef 200050E311665
Vehicles involved (3)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 206
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 34 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,360 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 14 years
Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Golf
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 19 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,588 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 29 years
Vehicle 3: Peugeot Expert
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- North East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 54 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,997 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 8 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SeriousFemale, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Golf)
- Car passenger
- Front seat passenger
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
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 2017500237741 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.