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C road crash in Cornwall PL11 on 14 January 1990 at 15:09 involving a Vauxhall Belmont

A Vauxhall Belmont and a Ford Escort were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 15:09 on Sunday 14 January 1990. The 24-year-old male driver of the Vauxhall Belmont and the 29-year-old male driver of the Ford Escort were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 40 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 1990
Sunday, 15:09
Vehicles
2
Vauxhall Belmont and Ford Escort
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.37445, longitude -4.21335, in the PL11 postcode district and within the built-up area of Torpoint.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199050B620076
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
40 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 serious injury crash on 17 September 2011.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Vauxhall Belmont

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    24 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    4 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Escort

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    29 years
    Engine capacity
    1,298 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    10 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 24, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Vauxhall Belmont)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 29, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Ford Escort)

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 199050B620076 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.