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A39 crash in Cornwall on 2 February 1995 at 17:45 involving an Austin Metro

An Austin Metro and a car were involved in a crash on the A39 in Cornwall at 17:45 on Thursday 2 February 1995. The 18-year-old female driver of the car was slightly injured.

It happened after dark under street lighting in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 40 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
2 Feb 1995
Thursday, 17:45
Vehicles
2
Austin Metro and car
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.18431, longitude -5.12454, in the TR10 postcode district.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550A510193
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
39
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
40 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
393

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
Dry

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 2 November 1994.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Austin Metro

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North West
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    21 years
    Engine capacity
    998 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    8 years

  • Vehicle 2: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    South East
    Travelling to
    North East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    18 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 18, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Car)

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 199550A510193 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.