A386 crash in Plymouth on 22 November 2025 at 16:12 involving a Volkswagen Polo
A Volkswagen Polo and a Suzuki UK 110 motorcycle were involved in a crash on the A386 in Plymouth at 16:12 on Saturday 22 November 2025. The 18-year-old male rider of the Suzuki UK 110 motorcycle was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet dual carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 22 Nov 2025
- Saturday, 16:12
- Vehicles
- 2
- Volkswagen Polo and Suzuki UK 110
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.39746, longitude -4.14093, in the PL2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Plymouth. It is one of the crashes that make up the Ham, Plymouth, PL2 3SP area accident hotspot.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2025501672269
- Council area
- Plymouth
- Police force
- Devon and Cornwall
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 386
- Road type
- Dual carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
- Second road class
- Unclassified
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian light crossing (pelican or puffin or toucan or similar)
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Fine, 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, 4 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 16 May 1980.
Slight
Motorcycle crash on the A3041 in Plymouth, 16 May 1980
4 m awayRef 198050E400595
Slight
Bicycle crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 29 June 2017
7 m awayRef 2017500201172
Serious
Car crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 12 October 1987
7 m awayRef 198750E211825
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 3 November 2021
9 m awayRef 2021501113980
Slight
Volkswagen Polo crash on an unclassified road in Plymouth, 12 December 2002
12 m awayRef 200250E212972
Slight
Mercedes Sprinter crash on the A386 in Plymouth, 9 December 2009
13 m awayRef 200950ED20017
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Volkswagen Polo
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Waiting to go ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Back
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 28 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,198 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Vehicle 2: Suzuki UK 110
Motorcycle 125cc and under
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North East
- Travelling to
- South West
- Position at junction
- Not at or within 20 metres of junction
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Journey purpose
- Personal business or leisure
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 18 years
- Engine capacity
- 113 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
- Distance from driver's home
- Within 5 km
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Rider
SlightMale, aged 18, motorcyclist (125cc and under), on vehicle 2 (Suzuki UK 110)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% 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 2025501672269 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 2025.