B3396 crash in Plymouth on 6 December 2024 at 14:30 involving a Mazda 3
A Mazda 3 and a BMW 3 Series were involved in a crash on the B3396 in Plymouth at 14:30 on Friday 6 December 2024. A 59-year-old female passenger in the BMW 3 Series and the 61-year-old male driver of the BMW 3 Series were slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Friday, 14:30
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mazda 3 and BMW 3 Series
- Casualties
- 2
- 2 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37854, longitude -4.17635, in the PL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Stoke, Plymouth, PL1 5QR area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2024501526701
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- No
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
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- B
- Second road number
- 3396
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- 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 28 August 2024.
Slight
Volkswagen Caddy crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 28 August 2024
2 m awayRef 2024501484882
Slight
Dennis crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 8 March 2013
2 m awayRef 201350ED2M002
Slight
Rover Montego crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 4 November 1998
4 m awayRef 199850E412602
Slight
Car crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 10 January 1986
4 m awayRef 198650E410046
Serious
Vauxhall Astra crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 13 September 1993
4 m awayRef 199350E412615
Slight
Car crash on the B3396 in Plymouth, 9 September 1988
6 m awayRef 198850E411624
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mazda 3
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Front
- Engine capacity
- 1,598 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 16 years
Vehicle 2: BMW 3 Series
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to turn right
- Travelling from
- West
- Travelling to
- South
- Position at junction
- Approaching junction or waiting or parked at junction approach
- First point of impact
- Back
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 61 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,995 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Diesel
- Vehicle age
- 10 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualties (2)
Casualty 1: Passenger
SlightFemale, aged 59, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 km
Casualty 2: Driver
SlightMale, aged 61, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (BMW 3 Series)
- Home area deprivation
- 20 to 30% most deprived
- Distance from home
- 5 to 10 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 2024501526701 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.