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A3085 crash in Cornwall on 1 September 1990 at 16:40 involving a Colt Galant

A Colt Galant, a Ford Capri and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on the A3085 in Cornwall at 16:40 on Saturday 1 September 1990. A 5-year-old male passenger in the Colt Galant was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
1 Sep 1990
Saturday, 16:40
Vehicles
3
Colt Galant and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.0217, longitude -5.21534, in the TR12 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050A231408
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3085
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
T or staggered junction
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
B
Second road number
3296

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 serious injury crash on 5 February 2009.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: Colt Galant

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    1,997 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Capri

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    22 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 3: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to turn left
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    61 years
    Engine capacity
    1,117 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    4 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 5, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Colt Galant)

    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 199050A231408 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.