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Serious C road crash in Cornwall PL30 on 2 April 1992 at 23:55 involving a Leyland Cars Mini

A Leyland Cars Mini crashed on a C road in Cornwall at 23:55 on Thursday 2 April 1992. The 19-year-old male driver and an 18-year-old male passenger were seriously injured.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Serious
Date
2 Apr 1992
Thursday, 23:55
Vehicles
1
Leyland Cars Mini
Casualties
2
2 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.46762, longitude -4.80198, in the PL30 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199250B310379
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
T or staggered junction
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
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 20 December 2004.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland Cars Mini

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning left
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded
    Leaving the carriageway
    Straight ahead at junction
    Hit object off carriageway
    Other permanent object
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    19 years
    Engine capacity
    1,098 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 19, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars Mini)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Serious

    Male, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Leyland Cars Mini)

    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 199250B310379 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.