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A38 crash in Plymouth on 10 January 2023 at 08:30 involving a Saab 9-3

A Saab 9-3 and a Ford Focus were involved in a crash on the A38 in Plymouth at 08:30 on Tuesday 10 January 2023. The 37-year-old female driver of the Ford Focus and a 13-year-old male passenger in the Ford Focus were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight on a roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
10 Jan 2023
Tuesday, 08:30
Vehicles
2
Saab 9-3 and Ford Focus
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39061, longitude -4.08688, in the PL3 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. 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
2023501264358
Council area
Plymouth
Police force
Devon and Cornwall
Police attended the scene
No

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 mph
Urban or rural
Urban
Trunk road
Trunk road (National Highways)

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
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
Daylight

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 2 June 2012.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Saab 9-3

    Car

    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,000 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    20 to 30% most deprived

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Focus

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Position at junction
    Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
    First point of impact
    Back
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    37 years
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 37, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    Home area deprivation
    10 to 20% most deprived

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 13, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Focus)

    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 2023501264358 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 2023.