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C road crash in Cornwall PL15 on 26 July 1994 at 14:00 involving a Leyland lorry

A Leyland lorry and a Mercedes lorry were involved in a crash on a C road in Cornwall at 14:00 on Tuesday 26 July 1994. The 35-year-old male driver of the Leyland lorry and the 26-year-old male driver of the Mercedes lorry were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
26 Jul 1994
Tuesday, 14:00
Vehicles
2
Leyland and Mercedes
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.61994, longitude -4.41487, in the PL15 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199450B211300
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
C
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Raining, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 160 metres away, was a serious injury crash on 23 May 2006.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Leyland

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    35 years
    Engine capacity
    6,538 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    7 years

  • Vehicle 2: Mercedes

    Goods vehicle over 3.5 tonnes

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    26 years
    Engine capacity
    10,964 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Diesel
    Vehicle age
    8 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 35, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 1 (Leyland)

  • Casualty 2: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 26, goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes), in vehicle 2 (Mercedes)

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 199450B211300 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 1994.