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Serious A393 crash in Cornwall on 18 December 1995 at 17:05 involving a Volvo 240

A Volvo 240 and a Renault 21 were involved in a crash on the A393 in Cornwall at 17:05 on Monday 18 December 1995. The 57-year-old male driver of the Renault 21 was seriously injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a wet roundabout with a 70 mph limit.

Severity
Serious
Date
18 Dec 1995
Monday, 17:05
Vehicles
2
Volvo 240 and Renault 21
Casualties
1
1 seriously injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.23816, longitude -5.23733, in the TR15 postcode district and within the built-up area of Redruth.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Serious

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550A222021
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
393
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
70 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Give way or uncontrolled
Second road class
A
Second road number
3047

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, street lights lit
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 27 March 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Volvo 240

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    48 years
    Engine capacity
    1,986 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

  • Vehicle 2: Renault 21

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Turning right
    Travelling from
    North West
    Travelling to
    South West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    57 years
    Engine capacity
    1,721 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    7 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Serious

    Male, aged 57, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Renault 21)

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 199550A222021 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.