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A391 crash in Cornwall on 25 February 1995 at 12:25 involving a Lada Riva

A car and a Lada Riva were involved in a crash on the A391 in Cornwall at 12:25 on Saturday 25 February 1995. The 80-year-old male driver of the Lada Riva and an 80-year-old female passenger in the Lada Riva were slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry roundabout with a 30 mph limit.

Severity
Slight
Date
25 Feb 1995
Saturday, 12:25
Vehicles
2
Car and Lada Riva
Casualties
2
2 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 50.36775, longitude -4.78048, in the PL26 postcode district and within the built-up area of Penwithick.

Map of where the crash happened in Cornwall

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
199550B410290
Council area
Cornwall
Police force
Devon and Cornwall

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
391
Road type
Roundabout
Speed limit
30 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
B
Second road number
3374

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, 10 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 5 October 1985.

Vehicles involved (2)

  • Vehicle 1: Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    47 years
    Engine capacity
    1,995 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    11 years

  • Vehicle 2: Lada Riva

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    North
    Travelling to
    South
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    80 years
    Engine capacity
    1,570 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    6 years

Casualties (2)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Male, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Riva)

  • Casualty 2: Passenger

    Slight

    Female, aged 80, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Lada Riva)

    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 199550B410290 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.