Serious B3396 crash in Plymouth on 26 February 2024 at 09:16 involving a Honda Jazz
A Honda Jazz and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B3396 in Plymouth at 09:16 on Monday 26 February 2024. The 79-year-old male driver of the Honda Jazz was seriously injured and the 57-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Serious
- Date
- 26 Feb 2024
- Monday, 09:16
- Vehicles
- 2
- Honda Jazz and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38357, longitude -4.18065, in the PL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Devonport, Plymouth, PL2 2AJ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Serious
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024501414224
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- B
- First road number
- 3396
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- T or staggered junction
- 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
- Wet or damp
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, 2 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 September 2015.
Slight
Volvo crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 20 September 2015
2 m awayRef 201550ED2K017
Slight
BMW 3 Series crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 3 July 2019
2 m awayRef 2019500861182
Slight
Vauxhall Astra crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 13 November 2025
5 m awayRef 2025501667716
Slight
Car crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 14 December 1987
6 m awayRef 198750E412277
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 13 July 1987
6 m awayRef 198750E411221
Serious
Motorcycle crash on the A3042 in Plymouth, 9 March 1979
6 m awayRef 197950E420340
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Honda Jazz
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
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 79 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 19 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South
- Travelling to
- East
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Journey purpose
- Commuting to or from work
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 57 years
- Engine capacity
- 2,497 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 18 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Over 100 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Driver
SeriousMale, aged 79, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Jazz)
- Serious injury band
- Moderately serious
- Home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Over 100 km
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 2024501414224 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 2024.