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A3047 crash in Cornwall on 8 July 1995 at 12:00 involving a Chrysler Sunbeam

A Chrysler Sunbeam and a Ford Cortina were involved in a crash on the A3047 in Cornwall at 12:00 on Saturday 8 July 1995. A 50-year-old female passenger in the Chrysler Sunbeam and a 70-year-old male passenger in the Chrysler Sunbeam were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
8 Jul 1995
Saturday, 12:00
Vehicles
2
Chrysler Sunbeam and Ford Cortina
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.25097, longitude -5.20032, in the TR16 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550A221061
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
3047
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
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 23 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 15 August 2017.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Chrysler Sunbeam

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    Hit object in carriageway
    Parked vehicle
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    65 years
    Engine capacity
    1,598 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years

  • Vehicle 2: Ford Cortina

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Parked
    Travelling from
    Parked
    Travelling to
    Parked
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    56 years
    Engine capacity
    1,593 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    13 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 50, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chrysler Sunbeam)

    Car passenger
    Rear seat passenger

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Male, aged 70, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Chrysler Sunbeam)

    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 199550A221061 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 1995.