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C road crash in Cornwall TR27 on 11 September 1990 at 17:45 involving a Honda Accord

A Honda Accord and a Volkswagen Scirocco were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 17:45 on Tuesday 11 September 1990. The 57-year-old male driver of the Honda Accord, the 27-year-old female driver of the Volkswagen Scirocco and a 1-year-old male passenger in the Volkswagen Scirocco were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a crossroads.

Severity
Slight
Date
11 Sep 1990
Tuesday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Honda Accord and Volkswagen Scirocco
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.17505, longitude -5.43015, in the TR27 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050A331456
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
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, 12 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 1 June 2024.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Honda Accord

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,829 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volkswagen Scirocco

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    Leaving the carriageway
    Offside
    Hit object off carriageway
    Entered ditch
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    27 years
    Engine capacity
    1,781 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Honda Accord)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 1, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Volkswagen Scirocco)

    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 199050A331456 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.