B3238 crash in Plymouth on 25 December 2020 at 19:13 involving a Peugeot 207
A Peugeot 207 and a Yamaha XC115 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the B3238 in Plymouth at 19:13 on Friday 25 December 2020. The 33-year-old male rider of the Yamaha XC115 motorcycle was slightly 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
- Slight
- Date
- 25 Dec 2020
- Friday, 19:13
- Vehicles
- 2
- Peugeot 207 and Yamaha XC115
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37478, longitude -4.13013, 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
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2020501017193
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3238
- 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
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 6 March 2016.
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 6 March 2016
2 m awayRef 201650EC2A004
Slight
Peugeot 208 crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 15 October 2025
3 m awayRef 2025501654836
Slight
Vauxhall Combo crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 25 November 2019
4 m awayRef 2019500915946
Serious
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 29 June 2019
4 m awayRef 2019500858834
Slight
Bicycle crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 29 October 1993
4 m awayRef 199350E313095
Serious
Car crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 19 July 1989
4 m awayRef 198950E311375
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Peugeot 207
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- 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
- 56 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,560 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Yamaha XC115
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North
- Travelling to
- South
- 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
- 33 years
- Engine capacity
- 115 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 3 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 33, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Yamaha XC115)
- Home area deprivation
- 40 to 50% 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 2020501017193 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 2020.