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C road crash in Cornwall PL25 on 14 January 1992 at 10:48 involving a Citroen Visa

A Citroen Visa and a Triumph Dolomite were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 10:48 on Tuesday 14 January 1992. The 71-year-old male driver of the Citroen Visa, the 73-year-old male driver of the Triumph Dolomite and a 70-year-old female passenger in the Triumph Dolomite were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a T or staggered junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
14 Jan 1992
Tuesday, 10:48
Vehicles
2
Citroen Visa and Triumph Dolomite
Casualties
3
3 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.33822, longitude -4.77791, in the PL25 postcode district and within the built-up area of St Austell.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199250B410069
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
30 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, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 18 February 1995.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Citroen Visa

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    South
    Travelling to
    North
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    71 years
    Engine capacity
    1,580 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    5 years

  • Vehicle 2: Triumph Dolomite

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    East
    Travelling to
    West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    73 years
    Engine capacity
    1,493 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    15 years

Casualties (3)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 71, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Citroen Visa)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 73, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Dolomite)

  • Casualty 3: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Triumph Dolomite)

    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 199250B410069 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.