B3238 crash in Plymouth on 14 October 2024 at 20:40 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Honda Jazz were involved in a crash on the B3238 in Plymouth at 20:40 on Monday 14 October 2024. The 21-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Polo was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Monday, 20:40
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Honda Jazz
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.38026, longitude -4.13344, in the PL4 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Compton, Plymouth, PL4 6JQ area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024501503683
- 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
- Other junction
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3214
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
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, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 15 January 1998.
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3214 in Plymouth, 15 January 1998
1 m awayRef 199850E310120
Serious
Volkswagen Polo crash on the B3238 in Plymouth, 19 December 1999
1 m awayRef 199950E313291
Slight
Austin Metro crash on the B3250 in Plymouth, 1 February 2000
1 m awayRef 200050E310289
Serious
Rover Metro crash on the B3214 in Plymouth, 19 October 1997
1 m awayRef 199750E312500
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the B3214 in Plymouth, 6 February 1987
1 m awayRef 198750E310222
Slight
Honda Civic crash on the B3250 in Plymouth, 17 April 2009
1 m awayRef 200950EC2G010
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 21 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Honda Jazz
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Journey as part of work
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 42 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,339 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen Polo)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- Within 5 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 2024501503683 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.