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C road crash in Cornwall TR16 on 29 September 1990 at 18:55 involving a Zastava Yugo

A Zastava Yugo and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 18:55 on Saturday 29 September 1990. An 87-year-old female passenger in the Zastava Yugo 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
Slight
Date
29 Sep 1990
Saturday, 18:55
Vehicles
2
Zastava Yugo and Ford Cortina
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.23916, longitude -5.26264, in the TR16 postcode district and within the built-up area of Illogan.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050A221550
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 13 January 1984.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Zastava Yugo

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Nearside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    74 years
    Engine capacity
    1,116 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    2 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    25 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    12 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 87, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Zastava Yugo)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

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 199050A221550 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.