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Serious A394 crash in Cornwall on 31 December 1990 at 21:50 involving a Volkswagen minibus

A Volkswagen minibus crashed on the A394 in Cornwall at 21:50 on Monday 31 December 1990. There were five casualties: two people were seriously injured and three were slightly injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in rain and high winds on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
31 Dec 1990
Monday, 21:50
Vehicles
1
Volkswagen
Casualties
5
2 seriously injured, 3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.10606, longitude -5.30884, in the TR13 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050A232003
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
394
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Raining with high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 4 February 1989.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Volkswagen

    Minibus or motor caravan

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    20 years

Casualties (5)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 24, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Serious

    Female, aged 24, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

  • Casualty 4: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 20, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

  • Casualty 5: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, minibus or motor caravan occupant, in vehicle 1 (Volkswagen)

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 199050A232003 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.