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Serious unclassified road crash in Cornwall TR14 on 23 April 1990 at 12:30 involving a Suzuki Supercarry van

A Suzuki Supercarry van crashed on an unclassified road in Cornwall at 12:30 on Monday 23 April 1990. The 33-year-old female driver was seriously injured and a 14-year-old female passenger was 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
Serious
Date
23 Apr 1990
Monday, 12:30
Vehicles
1
Suzuki Supercarry
Casualties
2
1 seriously injured, 1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.2165, longitude -5.27512, in the TR14 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050A210572
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
Unclassified
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 mph

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 24 December 1996.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Suzuki Supercarry

    Van or goods vehicle up to 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Telegraph or electricity pole
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    33 years
    Engine capacity
    970 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Female, aged 33, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Supercarry)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 14, van occupant, in vehicle 1 (Suzuki Supercarry)

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 199050A210572 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Cornwall road accident statistics for 1990.