Unclassified road crash in Plymouth PL7 on 6 November 2017 at 08:52 involving a Vauxhall Zafira
A Vauxhall Zafira and a motorcycle were involved in a crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth at 08:52 on Monday 6 November 2017. The 16-year-old male rider of the motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Nov 2017
- Monday, 08:52
- Vehicles
- 2
- Vauxhall Zafira and motorcycle
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38667, longitude -4.0231, 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 1QJ area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Plymouth
Use the arrow keys to move the map and the plus and minus keys to zoom.
- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2017500241214
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- Unclassified
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- 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
- Dry
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, 5 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 25 January 2019.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 25 January 2019
5 m awayRef 2019500813829
Serious
BMW 1 Series crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 5 April 2025
6 m awayRef 2025501574093
Slight
Lexus LS400 crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 8 September 2010
8 m awayRef 201050EP2G009
Slight
Nissan Micra crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 25 April 2012
8 m awayRef 201250EP2G002
Slight
Vauxhall Meriva crash on the B3416 in Plymouth, 13 September 2024
9 m awayRef 2024501491010
Slight
Citroen C2 crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 10 September 2015
10 m awayRef 201550EP2G007
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Zafira
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- 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
- Female
- Driver age
- 37 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,910 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
Vehicle 2: Motorcycle
Motorcycle 50cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- East
- 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
- 16 years
- Engine capacity
- 49 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 9 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 16, motorcyclist (50cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Motorcycle)
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 2017500241214 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.