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A39 crash in Cornwall on 31 August 1992 at 11:50 involving a Volvo bus

A car and a Volvo bus were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 11:50 on Monday 31 August 1992. An 84-year-old male passenger in the car was 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
31 Aug 1992
Monday, 11:50
Vehicles
2
Car and Volvo
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.24113, longitude -5.06485, in the TR3 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199250A411461
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph

Junction information

Junction type
Crossroads
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
C

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, 14 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 22 December 2005.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South West
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    49 years

  • Vehicle 2: Volvo

    Bus or coach (17 or more seats)

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Offside
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    32 years
    Engine capacity
    9,600 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 84, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Car)

    Car passenger
    Front 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 199250A411461 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 1992.