A38 crash in Plymouth on 15 February 2019 at 18:12 involving a Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle
A Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle and a Ford Fiesta were involved in a crash on the A38 in Plymouth at 18:12 on Friday 15 February 2019. The 23-year-old male rider of the Yamaha DT 125 R motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 15 Feb 2019
- Friday, 18:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Yamaha DT 125 R and Ford Fiesta
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39165, longitude -4.08716, in the PL6 postcode district. 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
- 2019500835165
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 38
- Road type
- Roundabout
- Speed limit
- 40 mph
- Urban or rural
- Rural
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 38
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
- 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 21 April 2005.
Slight
Bus crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 21 April 2005
5 m awayRef 200550E51E552
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Ford Mondeo crash on the A374 in Plymouth, 26 December 2008
5 m awayRef 200850EL2T022
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 14 June 2013
7 m awayRef 201350EL2T013
Slight
Carbodies Taxi crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 3 February 2013
8 m awayRef 201350EL2T002
Slight
Yamaha NXC 125 crash on the A374 in Plymouth, 9 January 2018
8 m awayRef 2018500260260
Slight
Hyundai i10 crash on the A38 in Plymouth, 28 March 2025
9 m awayRef 2025501570683
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Yamaha DT 125 R
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- Leaving the carriageway
- Nearside
- Hit object off carriageway
- Road sign or traffic signal
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 23 years
- Engine capacity
- 124 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 13 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Ford Fiesta
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,388 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% least deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 23, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 1 (Yamaha DT 125 R)
- Home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most 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 2019500835165 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 2019.